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I am new to Python and it seems to have a lot of nice functions that I don't know about. What function can I use to get the root site name? For example, how would I get faqs.org if I gave the function the URL "http://www.faqs.org/docs/diveintopython/kgp_commandline.html"?

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  • docs.python.org/library/urlparse.html Commented Feb 3, 2009 at 18:02
  • Just to clarify, do you really want just "faqs.org" or do you want "www.faqs.org"? Trying to get the former is a Bad Idea, as it isn't portable to domains like "www.amazon.co.uk". Commented Feb 3, 2009 at 18:12

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 >>> from urllib.parse import urlparse
 >>> urlparse('http://www.cwi.nl:80/%7Eguido/Python.html').hostname
 'www.cwi.nl'
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The much overlooked urlparse module:

from urlparse import urlparse
scheme, netloc, path, params, query, fragment = urlparse("http://www.faqs.org/docs/diveintopython/kgp_commandline.html")
print netloc
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netloc might includes port number
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What version of Python are you learning with? Note that SilentGhost's answer is for Python 3.0, while Alabaster Codify's will work with the 2.x series.

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