How to stop Python parse_qs from parsing single values into lists?

Question

In python 2.6, the following code:

import urlparse
qsdata = \"test=test&test2=test2&test2=test3\"
qs = urlparse.parse_qs(qsdata)
print qs
         


        

Answer 1

A sidenote for someone just wanting a simple dictionary and never needing multiple values with the same key, try:

dict(urlparse.parse_qsl('foo=bar&baz=qux'))

This will give you a nice {'foo': 'bar', 'baz': 'qux'}. Please note that if there are multiple values for the same key, you'll only get the last one.