Parsing hostname and port from string or url

Question

I can be given a string in any of these formats:

• url: e.g http://www.acme.com:456

• string: e.g www.acme.com:456, www.acme.com 456, or www.acme.co

Answer 1

>>> from urlparse import urlparse   
>>> aaa = urlparse('http://www.acme.com:456')

>>> aaa.hostname  
'www.acme.com'

>>> aaa.port   
456
>>>