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Tiago
Tiago

Reputation: 159

Python URL parameters

I'm trying to build a simple URL shortener in Python. Save the URLs is easy using a GET request (with the cgi.FieldStorage() method), something like:

http://example.com/shortener.py?url=http://otherwebsite.com/

But how could I get the entire URL when someone try to access the shortened address? Like:

http://example.com/urlcode

I need to deal with the URL as a string and extract only the "urlcode" after the slash.

Edit: I believe that the question was not explained very well. The problem is not parse the URL, is how do I get the URL some user typed or clicked into his browser? All the 404 error requests will be redirected to "index.py". Then I need to deal with what argument caused the 404 error and get the full URL associated to the shortened code.

The question is: how can I read the current URL inside the Python script?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 859

Answers (2)

Sahil
Sahil

Reputation: 325

Save the long URLs alongwith their shortened codes in a database and then every time you get a short code, just extract the corresponding long URL and redirect to that URL.

Upvotes: 0

Gaslight Deceive Subvert
Gaslight Deceive Subvert

Reputation: 20428

Save the url in a dictionary, where "urlcode" is the key and the url "http://otherwebsite.com/" is the value. Then, when the shortened url http://example.com/urlcode is accessed, lookup the url that has the key "urlcode" in the dictionary.

Upvotes: 1

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