How to remove part of url using python?

Question

I have a problem. I can't figure out a way to do this so I'm asking for someone to help.

I have URL like below:

https://abc.xyz/f/b/go_cc_Jpterxvid_avi_mp4

And, I want to remove the last part of URL and change /f/ with /d/ so that I can get the URL to be like below:

https://abc.xyz/d/b

Keep in mind the prefix /b. It changes regular python. I have tried this below based on url answer but it didsn't work for me.

newurl = oldurl.replace('/f/','/d/').rsplit("/", 1)[0])

you mean `https://abc.xyz/f/b` is static word or change some time — , May 12 '18 at 15:27
An option using regex [`/[^/]+$`](https://regex101.com/r/8RqbPg/1) and replace with an empty string. This matches the last foward slash until the end of the string. — The fourth bird, May 12 '18 at 15:29

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 12 '18 at 15:38

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A more efficient way of splitting is to use rsplit and set maxsplit to 1. This saves you the time and hassle rejoining the string.

old_url = "https://abc.xyz/f/b/go_cc_Jpterxvid_avi_mp4"
url = old_url.rsplit("/", 1)[0]
# print(url) => https://abc.xyz/f/b

answered May 12 '18 at 15:38

Taku

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i have updated the question i have tried to add ur answer but i didnt' succeed newurl = oldurl.replace('/f/','/d/').rsplit("/", 1)[0]) – Mouhcin Iuoanid May 12 '18 at 16:18
@MouhcinIuoanid it works fine https://ideone.com/9V9w0i. I can see from your comment that you had an extra ) at the end. – Taku May 12 '18 at 16:43

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 12 '18 at 15:32

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This what you want?

'/'.join(url.split('/')[:-1])

answered May 12 '18 at 15:32

Justin

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 12 '18 at 15:35

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You don't really need regex for this. The following will work for a link:

k = "https://abc.xyz/f/b/go_cc_Jpterxvid_avi_mp4"
print("/".join(k.split("/")[:-1]))

answered May 12 '18 at 15:35

Martin Gergov

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Super Kai - Kazuya Ito · Answer 4 · 2022-12-28T20:20:50.827

After split() or rsplit(), sometimes you will want and need to specify and get the list of element from the front then join() them and replace() f with d as shown below:

url = "https://abc.xyz/f/b/go_cc_Jpterxvid_avi_mp4"
new_url = "/".join(url.split("/")[:5]).replace("f", "d")
print(new_url)

url = "https://abc.xyz/f/b/go_cc_Jpterxvid_avi_mp4"
new_url = "/".join(url.rsplit("/")[:5]).replace("f", "d")
print(new_url)

Output:

https://abc.xyz/f/b

How to remove part of url using python?

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