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

[Michael Foord]

Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> Mart Sõmermaa <mrts.pydev <at> gmail.com> writes:
>   
>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis <at> pitrou.net>
>>     
> wrote:
>   
>> Mart Sõmermaa <mrts.pydev <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>     
>>> Proposal: add add_query_params() for appending query parameters to an URL
>>>       
> to
>   
>> urllib.parse and urlparse.
>> Is there anything to /remove/ a query parameter?
>>
>> I'd say this is outside the scope of add_query_params().
>>     
>
> Given the name of the proposed function, sure. But it sounds a bit weird to
> have a function dedicated to adding parameters and nothing to remove them.
>
>   

Weird or not, is there actually a *need* to remove query parameters?

Michael

> You could e.g. rename the function to update_query_params() and decide that
> every parameter whose specified value is None must atcually be removed from
> the URL.
>
> Regards
>
> Antoine.
>
>
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