Get current URL in Python

Question

How would i get the current URL with Python,

I need to grab the current URL so i can check it for query strings e.g

requested_url = "URL_HERE"

url = urlparse(requested_url)

if url[4]:
    params = dict([part.split('=') for part in url[4].split('&')])

also this is running in Google App Engine

Answer 1

Try this:

self.request.url

Also, if you just need the querystring, this will work:

self.request.query_string

And, lastly, if you know the querystring variable that you're looking for, you can do this:

self.request.get("name-of-querystring-variable")

Answer 2

For anybody finding this via google,

i figured it out,

you can get the query strings on your current request using:

url_get = self.request.GET

which is a UnicodeMultiDict of your query strings!

Answer 3

I couldn't get the other answers to work, but here is what worked for me:

    url = os.environ['HTTP_HOST']
    uri = os.environ['REQUEST_URI']
    return url + uri

Answer 4

Try this

import os
url = os.environ['HTTP_HOST']

Answer 5

This is how I capture in Python 3 from CGI (A) URL, (B) GET parameters and (C) POST data:

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import sys, os, io

CAPTURE URL

myDomainSelf = os.environ.get('SERVER_NAME')

myPathSelf = os.environ.get('PATH_INFO')

myURLSelf = myDomainSelf + myPathSelf

CAPTURE GET DATA

myQuerySelf = os.environ.get('QUERY_STRING')

CAPTURE POST DATA

myTotalBytesStr=(os.environ.get('HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH'))

if (myTotalBytesStr == None):

myJSONStr = '{"error": {"value": true, "message": "No (post) data received"}}'

else:

myTotalBytes=int(os.environ.get('HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH'))

myPostDataRaw = io.open(sys.stdin.fileno(),"rb").read(myTotalBytes)

myPostData = myPostDataRaw.decode("utf-8")

Write RAW to FILE

mySpy = "myURLSelf: [" + str(myURLSelf) + "]\n"

mySpy = mySpy + "myQuerySelf: [" + str(myQuerySelf) + "]\n"

mySpy = mySpy + "myPostData: [" + str(myPostData) + "]\n"

You need to define your own myPath here

myFilename = "spy.txt"

myFilePath = myPath + "\" + myFilename

myFile = open(myFilePath, "w")

myFile.write(mySpy)

myFile.close()

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Here are some other useful CGI environment vars:

AUTH_TYPE

CONTENT_LENGTH

CONTENT_TYPE

GATEWAY_INTERFACE

PATH_INFO

PATH_TRANSLATED

QUERY_STRING

REMOTE_ADDR

REMOTE_HOST

REMOTE_IDENT

REMOTE_USER

REQUEST_METHOD

SCRIPT_NAME

SERVER_NAME

SERVER_PORT

SERVER_PROTOCOL

SERVER_SOFTWARE

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I am using these methods running Python 3 on Windows Server with CGI via MIIS.

Hope this can help you.

Answer 6

If your python script is server side:

You can use os

    import os
    url = os.environ
    print(url)

with that, you will see all the data os.environ gives you. It looks like your need the 'QUERY_STRING'. Like any JSON object, you can obtain the data like this.

    import os
    url = os.environ['QUERY_STRING']
    print(url)

And if you want a really elegant scalable solution you can use anywhere and always, you can save the variables into a dictionary (named vars here) like so:

    vars={}
    splits=os.environ['QUERY_STRING'].split('&')
    for x in splits:
        name,value=x.split('=')
        vars[name]=value

    print(vars)

If you are client side, then any of the other responses involving the get request will work

Answer 7

requests module has 'url' attribute, that is changed url.
just try this:

import requests
current_url=requests.get("some url").url
print(current_url)