[Python-Dev] [RFC] urlparse - parse query facility

[O.R.Senthil Kumaran]

* Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at acm.org> [2007-06-16 01:06:59]:

>  > * Coding question: Without retyping the bunch of code again in the
>  > BaseResult, would is the possible to call parse_qs/parse_qsl function on
>  > self.query and provide the result? Basically, what would be a good of
>  > doing it.
> 
> That's what I was thinking.  Just add something like this to BaseResult 
> (untested):
> 
>     def parsedQuery(self, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False):
>         return parse_qs(
>             self.query,
>             keep_blank_values=keep_blank_values,
>             strict_parsing=strict_parsing)
> 
>     def parsedQueryList(self, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False):
>         return parse_qsl(
>             self.query,
>             keep_blank_values=keep_blank_values,
>             strict_parsing=strict_parsing)

Thanks Fred. That really helped. :-)

I have updated the urlparse.py module, cgi.py and also included in the tests
in the test_urlparse.py to test this new functionality. 
test run passed for all the valid queries, except for these:

#            ("=", {}),
#            ("=&=", {}),
#            ("=;=", {}),

The testcases are basically from test_cgi.py module and there is comment on
validity of these 3 tests for query values. 

Pending stuff is updating the documentation.

I maintained all the files temporarily at:

http://cvs.sarovar.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/python/?cvsroot=uthcode

I had requested a commit access to Summer of Code branch in my previous mail,
but I guess it not been noticed yet. I shall update the files later or
send in as patches for application.


> Whether there's a real win with this is unclear.  I generally prefer having an 
> object that represents the URL and lets me get what I want from it, rather 
> than having to pass the bits around to separate parsing functions.  The 

I agree. This is really convenient when one comes to know about it.

Thanks,
Senthil

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