Python split url to find image name and extension

Question

I am looking for a way to extract a filename and extension from a particular url using Python

lets say a URL looks as follows

picture_page = \"http://dis         


        

Answer 1

This is the easiest way to find image name and extension using regular expression.

import re
import sys

picture_page = "http://distilleryimage2.instagram.com/da4ca3509a7b11e19e4a12313813ffc0_7.jpg"

regex = re.compile('(.*\/(?P\w+)\.(?P\w+))')

print  regex.search(picture_page).group('name')
print  regex.search(picture_page).group('ext')