4.6.3 Other functions

parse_qs(qs[, keep_blank_values, strict_parsing])

This functnion is functionally equivalent to the standard library cgi parse_qs, except that it is written in C and is much faster.

Parse a query string given as a string argument (data of type application/x-www-form-urlencoded). Data are returned as a dictionary. The dictionary keys are the unique query variable names and the values are lists of values for each name.

The optional argument keep_blank_values is a flag indicating whether blank values in URL encoded queries should be treated as blank strings. A true value indicates that blanks should be retained as blank strings. The default false value indicates that blank values are to be ignored and treated as if they were not included.

Note: The strict_parsing argument is not yet implemented.

parse_qsl(qs[, keep_blank_values, strict_parsing])

This functnion is functionally equivalent to the standard library cgi parse_qsl, except that it is written in C and is much faster.

Parse a query string given as a string argument (data of type application/x-www-form-urlencoded). Data are returned as a list of name, value pairs.

The optional argument keep_blank_values is a flag indicating whether blank values in URL encoded queries should be treated as blank strings. A true value indicates that blanks should be retained as blank strings. The default false value indicates that blank values are to be ignored and treated as if they were not included.

Note: The strict_parsing argument is not yet implemented.