Django: Parse HttpResponse object for URL string data

Question

I'm writing a Django test for a redirect that "throws" a URL string error, but I'd like to do it without brittle regexes.

def test_redirect_contains_error_string(self):
    response = self.client.get('/sendme/', follow=True)
    // response.redirect_chain: [('https://e.com/?error=errortype', 302)]
    url = response.redirect_chain[0][0]
    self.assertTrue(re.search('error=errortype', url))
    // Ew!

Is there a method to parse URLs into dict-like objects, so I can just:

response_obj = something(url)
self.assertEquals(response_obj.get('error'), 'errortype')

Burhan Khalid · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-10 20:34:14Z

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How about urlparse:

>>> import urlparse
>>> zoo = urlparse.urlparse('http://www.example.com/foo?bar=zoo')
>>> urlparse.parse_qs(zoo.query)
{'bar': ['zoo']}

answered Oct 10, 2012 at 20:34

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rxmnnxfpvg Over a year ago

Thank you. That module and your example are perfect.

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