Python: Get URL path sections

Question

How do I get specific path sections from a url? For example, I want a function which operates on this:

http://www.mydomain.com/hithere?image=2934
         


        

Answer 1

import urlparse

output = urlparse.urlparse('http://www.example.com/temp/something/happen/index.html').path

output

'/temp/something/happen/index.html'

Split the path -- inbuilt rpartition func of string 

output.rpartition('/')[0]

'/temp/something/happen'