How to parse BaseHTTPRequestHandler.path
In case somebody needs it for Python3:
import urllib.parse
s = "/?parameter=value&other=some"
print(urllib.parse.parse_qs(s[2:]))
>>> {'other': ['some'], 'parameter': ['value']}
urlparse
was renamed to urllib.parse
in Python3.
Use parse_qs
from the urlparse
module, but make sure you remove the "/?":
from urlparse import parse_qs
s = "/?parameter=value&other=some"
print parse_qs(s[2:]) # prints {'other': ['some'], 'parameter': ['value']}
Note that each parameter can have multiple values, so the returned dict maps each parameter name to a list of values.
The cgi and urlparse modules have that: https://docs.python.org/2/library/urlparse.html#urlparse.parse_qs
Considering self.path could potentially be hierarchical, you should probably do something like the following :
import urlparse
o = urlparse.urlparse(self.path)
urlparse.parse_qs(o.query)