How can I get the base of a URL in Python?

Question

I\'m trying to determine the base of a URL, or everything besides the page and parameters. I tried using split, but is there a better way than splitting it up into pieces? Is th

Answer 1

If you use python3, you can use urlparse and urlunparse.

In :from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse

In :url = "http://127.0.0.1/asdf/login.php"

In :result = urlparse(url)

In :new = list(result)

In :new[2] = new[2].replace("login.php", "")

In :urlunparse(new)
Out:'http://127.0.0.1/asdf/'