[Python-ideas] Proposed addtion to urllib.parse in 3.1 (and urlparse in 2.7)

[Mart Sõmermaa]

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Bill Janssen <janssen at parc.com> wrote:

> Mart Sõmermaa <mrts.pydev at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Appending query parameters to a URL is a very common need. However,
> there's
> > nothing in urllib.parse (and older urlparse) that caters for that need.
> >
> > Therefore, I propose adding the following to 2.7 and 3.1 in the
> respective
> > libs:
>
> >     >>> add_query_params('http://foo.com?a=b', b='c', d='q')
>
> To begin with, I wouldn't use keyword params.  They're syntactically
> more restrictive than the rules for application/x-www-form-urlencoded
> allow, so you start by ruling out whole classes of URLs.
>
> Bill
>

Valid point, using an ordinary dict instead would resolve that (i.e. def
add_query_params(url, param_dict)).
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