Get current URL in Python using os.environ

Question

I don't have to use os.environ but that might be the easiest method.

I can successfully get the previous URL using:

sURL = os.getenv('HTTP_REFERER')

and the arguments of the current string using:

sURL = os.environ['QUERY_STRING']

but I cannot get the current URL.

Other answers here advise:

sURL = self.request.url

(or self.request.host) but when I do that I get:

 sURL = self.request.url NameError: global name 'self' is not defined

How can I easily get the current URL?

Full code:

import os

def GetTestMode ():

    sURL = self.request.url
    print '<br />sURL = ' + sURL + '<br />'

You need to tell us what web application framework you are using. Django? Turbogears? — Colonel Panic, Aug 13 '12 at 13:36
@Tichodroma: created it outside a class (complete beginner). Is that necessary? — Reinstate Monica - Goodbye SE, Aug 13 '12 at 13:38
How do you run your code? Do you type `python script.py` at the commandline, or browse to a website? — Colonel Panic, Aug 13 '12 at 13:40
@ColonelPanic: I'm reminded now that we might need to take this to chat, so I suggest we do if it goes on much longer. Thanks for your persistence. I have inherited this project so the website has already been set up (and I'm new to Python). If you ask me a specific question I will try to get the answer. As it is, I'm not sure what you are asking me. — Reinstate Monica - Goodbye SE, Aug 13 '12 at 14:14
Can you post the whole file of Python code that you are editing, or at the least, the import statements (lines such as `import numpy` and `from scipy import mat`)? — Colonel Panic, Aug 13 '12 at 14:24
As it stands, your code cannot be helped. Please read a bit on Python and web development with Python first. Otherwise you’re just inviting a lot of pain. — Vasiliy Faronov, Aug 14 '12 at 07:02

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 14 '12 at 13:44

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Thanks to a colleague, this can be solved with:

    import os.path
    sURL = os.path.realpath('.')
    print 'sURL = ' + sURL + '<br />'

See os.path which says, "Return the canonical path of the specified filename, eliminating any symbolic links encountered in the path (if they are supported by the operating system)."

So this does not return the URL but the file path, but I can also use this.

answered Aug 14 '12 at 13:44

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This is not exactly what I asked for but, since it works for me, I'm posting it in the hope it may benefit others. – Reinstate Monica - Goodbye SE Aug 14 '12 at 13:44
Note: I've posted an alternative solution [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/22805154/283650). – Reinstate Monica - Goodbye SE Apr 02 '14 at 08:09

Get current URL in Python using os.environ

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