Python regex with question mark literal

Question

I\'m using Django\'s URLconf, the URL I will receive is /?code=authenticationcode
I want to match the URL using r\'^\\?code=(?P.*)$\'

Answer 1

supress the regex metacharacters with []

>>> s
'/?code=authenticationcode'
>>> r=re.compile(r'^/[?]code=(.+)')
>>> m=r.match(s)
>>> m.groups()
('authenticationcode',)