Exscript.util.url module

Working with URLs (as used in URL formatted hostnames).

class Exscript.util.url.Url

Bases: future.types.newobject.newobject

Represents a URL.

__init__()

x.__init__(…) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

static from_string(url, default_protocol=u'telnet')

Parses the given URL and returns an URL object. There are some differences to Python’s built-in URL parser:

• It is less strict, many more inputs are accepted. This is necessary to allow for passing a simple hostname as a URL.
• You may specify a default protocol that is used when the http:// portion is missing.
• The port number defaults to the well-known port of the given protocol.
• The query variables are parsed into a dictionary (Url.vars).

Parameters:

• url (str) – A URL.
• default_protocol (string) – A protocol name.

Return type:

Url

Returns:

The Url object contructed from the given URL.

to_string()

Returns the URL, including all attributes, as a string.

Return type:str Returns:A URL.