Get session ID of URL with python

Question

I have the following URL after checkout -

https://www.mywebsite.com/register/?session_id=cs_test_a1LrWp5FzCp18vnxTXyQVwpCVwBE7HL0rkbyvea8i9QCVIJoxqIXxMbDx9

I would like to extract the session ID part of this url to use -

cs_test_a1LrWp5FzCp18vnxTXyQVwpCVwBE7HL0rkbyvea8i9QCVIJoxqIXxMbDx9

I know I can use session_id = url.rsplit('=', 1)[-1] to split it from the url but how do I get python to read the current url?

I have tried path_info = request.META.get('PATH_INFO') but that just reads '/register/'

Does this answer your question? [Retrieving parameters from a URL](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5074803/retrieving-parameters-from-a-url) — mkrieger1, Sep 16 '21 at 23:01
In those examples the url is hardcoded in. I can split the url fine, it is the method of getting the current url that I can't work out — KieranDL3, Sep 16 '21 at 23:09

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 17 '21 at 03:27

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Fixed this with:

url = request.META['QUERY_STRING']
session_id = url.rsplit('=', 1)[-1]

edited Sep 17 '21 at 03:27

Jeremy Caney

answered Sep 16 '21 at 23:43

KieranDL3

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