Can we access URL's path parameters in a Tornado RequestHandler?

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I know that in Tornado one can capture some parts of URL's using regular expressions, but isn't there a more structured way to access path parameters? Maybe something similar to the way you access query arguments (RequestHandler.get_query_argument())?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 17 '16 at 13:33

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All the path arguments are available in RequestHandler.path_args, or in RequestHandler.path_kwargs if you used named groups in your regex. See http://www.tornadoweb.org/en/stable/web.html#tornado.web.RequestHandler.path_args for more details.

answered Sep 17 '16 at 13:33

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 08 '16 at 21:05

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The answer is no. Tornado doesn't know anything about what's inside path segments. The only way to access more detailed information, codified in path segments, is to use regular expressions.

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Can we access URL's path parameters in a Tornado RequestHandler?

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