Python split url to find image name and extension

Question

I am looking for a way to extract a filename and extension from a particular url using Python

lets say a URL looks as follows

picture_page = \"http://dis         


        

Answer 1

try:
    # Python 3
    from urllib.parse import urlparse
except ImportError:
    # Python 2
    from urlparse import urlparse
from os.path import splitext, basename

picture_page = "http://distilleryimage2.instagram.com/da4ca3509a7b11e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpg"
disassembled = urlparse(picture_page)
filename, file_ext = splitext(basename(disassembled.path))

Only downside with this is that your filename will contain a preceding / which you can always remove yourself.