In this post, you will learn how to use the urlsplit() function from the parse module of the urllib package. This function allows us to split a given URL resource into various segments.
Let’s jump in.
Function Syntax
The function syntax is as shown in the following:
The function takes the URL to split the scheme to access the URL as the required parameters.
The function performs similar actions as the urlparse() function. However, it does not split the parameters from the URL.
The function then returns a named tuple with the items which can be accessed via their index or named attributes. The attributes are as follows:
| Attribute Name | Index Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| scheme | 0 | URL scheme |
| netloc | 1 | Network Location |
| path | 2 | Hierachical Path |
| query | 3 | Query Value |
| fragment | 4 | Fragement Identifier |
| username | username | |
| password | password | |
| hostname | Host name | |
| port | Port number |
Let us look at a practical example that illustrates how to use the function.
Practical Example:
Consider the following example code provided:
url = "https://username:password@localhost:9001/p;param1?query=test_query#frag"
parsed_url = urlsplit(url)
print("schema -> ", parsed_url.scheme)
print("netloc -> ", parsed_url.netloc)
print("path -> ", parsed_url.path)
print("query -> ", parsed_url.query)
print("fragment -> ", parsed_url.fragment)
print("username -> ", parsed_url.username)
print("password -> ", parsed_url.password)
print("hostname -> ", parsed_url.hostname)
print("port -> ", parsed_url.port)
The given code uses the urlsplit function to parse the URL into various segments. We can then print them out as shown in the following output:
netloc -> username:password@localhost:9001
path -> /p;param1
query -> query=test_query
fragment -> frag
username -> username
password -> password
hostname -> localhost
port -> 9001
Conclusion
In this post, we discussed using the urlsplit() function from the parse module which allows us to split a given URL into various segments. Feel free to explore the document to learn more.
Happy coding!
