URL *** .. highlight:: python :: from urllib.parse import urlparse >>> urlparse('https://www.pkimber.net/accounts/login.html?next=/ticket/700/') ParseResult(scheme='https', netloc='www.pkimber.net', path='/accounts/login.html', params='', query='next=/ticket/700/', fragment='') >>> urlparse('https://www.pkimber.net/accounts/login.html?next=/ticket/700/').path '/accounts/login.html' :: from posixpath import basename >>> basename(urlparse('https://www.pkimber.net/accounts/login.html?next=/ticket/700/').path) 'login.html' urlunparse ========== .. note:: ``urlunparse`` takes a ``tuple`` containing the same six values in the same order as ``urlparse``. :: from urllib.parse import urlparse url = "https://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo" urlparse(url) ParseResult(scheme='https', netloc='www.facebook.com', path='/', params='', query='ref=logo', fragment='') o = urlparse(url) urlunparse((o.scheme, o.netloc, '', '', '', '')) 'https://www.facebook.com' from urllib.parse import urlunparse urlunparse(('https', 'www.facebook.com', '', '', '', '')) 'https://www.facebook.com'