I'm using split to parse http requests and came across something that I do not like but don't know a better way.
Imagine I have this GET : /url/hi
I'm splitting the url simply like so:
fields = request['url'].split('/')
It's simple, it works but it also makes the contents of the list have the first position as an empty string. I know this is expected behavior.
The question is: Can I change the calling of split to contemplate such thing or do I just live with it?
If you just always want to remove the first entry to the list you could just do this:
fields = request['url'].split('/')[1:]
If you just want to remove any empty strings from the list you can use instead follow your initial call with this:
fields.remove('')
Hope it helps!
Ok, If you sure your string start with '/' you can ignore first character like this:
url = request['url']
fields = url[1:].split('/') #[1: to end]
If your not sure, simple check first:
url = request['url']
if url.startswith('/'):
url = url[1:]
fields = url.split('/')
Happy coding 😎
fields = request['url'].split('/')[1:]