pythonurllibhttplib

python httplib/urllib get filename

is there a possibillity to get the filename 

e.g. xyz.com/blafoo/showall.html

if you work with urllib or httplib?

so that i can save the file under the filename on the server?

if you go to sites like 

xyz.com/blafoo/

you cant see the filename.

Thank you

Solution

  • To get filename from response http headers:

    import cgi

response = urllib2.urlopen(URL)
_, params = cgi.parse_header(response.headers.get('Content-Disposition', ''))
filename = params['filename']

    To get filename from the URL: 

    import posixpath
import urlparse 

path = urlparse.urlsplit(URL).path
filename = posixpath.basename(path)