Redirection url using urllib in Python 3

Question

I would need to know what is my final URL when following redirections using urllib in Python 3.

Let's say I've some code like :

opener = urllib.request.build_opener()
request = urllib.request.Request(url)
u = opener.open(request)

If my urls redirects to another website, how can I know this new website URL ? I've found nothing useful in documentation.

Thanks for your help !

Hickey

urllib.request.urlopen(url) is the updated version and was all that was necessary for me, plus an exception handler for errors like 404. – Dichroite

Answer 1

You can simply use

u.geturl()

to get the URL you were redirected to (or the original one if no redirect happened).

Devinna

Thanks, I got to it as you posted your response :) – Hickey