How can I get the base of a URL in Python?

Question

I\'m trying to determine the base of a URL, or everything besides the page and parameters. I tried using split, but is there a better way than splitting it up into pieces? Is th

Answer 1

No need to use a regex, you can just use rsplit():

>>> url = 'http://127.0.0.1/asdf/login.php'
>>> url.rsplit('/', 1)[0]
'http://127.0.0.1/asdf'