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url builder for python

I know about urllib and urlparse, but I want to make sure I wouldn't be reinventing the wheel. My problem is that I am going to be fetching a bunch of urls from the same domain via the urllib library. I basically want to be able to generate urls to use (as strings) with different paths and query params. I was hoping that something might...

Method for generating numerical values from a URL

In the 90s there was a toy called Barcode Battler. It scanned barcodes, and from the values generated an RPG like monster with various stats such as hit points, attack power, magic power, etc. Could there be a way to do a similar thing with a URL? From just an ordinary URL, generate stats like that. I was thinking of maybe taking the ASC...

Get result of a JS file directly? (sorta AJAX related)

As I have known AJAX in the past, it has gone something like this: a server side language (in my case PHP) file generates xHTML has JS attached. The JS queries another file, with parameters set in GET or POST. This queried file's entire output is returned to the JS, which in turn makes a change on the original xHTML. Now, I'm trying to ...

Firewall / visited websites logger

Hi. I have a firewall implementation and I want to log all the websites visited on the machine. So when the user enters an address in the browser(any browser) or clicks a link to be able to log the visited address. The problem is that I want to log only the visited address and NOT the other resources requested by the page (ads, iframe...

Reset input values from GET url params using jQuery

This may seem like an odd one, but I want to be able to fill in a static web form using values passed in via a GET param list. Say I have a page, 'self.html': <form action="self.html" method="get" accept-charset="utf-8"> <label for = "40">New Question?</label> <input type="radio" name="40" id="40" value="Yes"> Yes &nbsp; <input ...

How does emacs url package handle authentication?

I have not seen a really good example on the web. How can I add authentication to a request like this: (defun login-show-posts () (interactive) (let ((url-request-method "GET") (url-request-extra-headers '(("Content-Type" . "application/xml")))) (url-retrieve "http://localhost:3000/essay/1.xml" (lambda (status) ...

Validating URL in Java

I wanted to know if there is any standard APIs in Java to validate a given URL? I want to check both if the URL string is right i.e. the given protocol is valid and then to check if a connection can be established. I tried using HttpURLConnection, providing the URL and connecting to it. The first part of my requirement seems to be fulf...

Relative paths in spring classpath resource

Hi all, I have a bunch of spring config files, all of which live under the META-INF directory in various subpackages. I have been using import like the following... <import resource="../database/schema.xml"/> So a relative path from the source file. This works fine when I am working with a local build outside of a jar file. But ...

Google analytics page name

Hey guys, Is it possible to use another name for the page that is currently being tracked instead of the url. The reason I ask is that I have not implemented friendly url slugs instead we have Products/Details/100 or whatever the page is called. So when you login to google analytics you can see 10 000 hits on Products/Details/100 but y...

Regex: Match URLs for specific domain EXCEPT when a certain querystring parameter has a certain value

In short, I need to match all URLs in a block of text that are for a certain domain and don't contain a specific querystring parameter and value (refer=twitter) I have the following regex to match all URLs for the domain. \b(https?://)?([a-z0-9-]+\.)*example\.com(/[^\s]*)? I just can't get the last part to work (?![&?]refer=twitter)...

AVAudioPlayer with external URL to *.m4p

My Problem is the following. I got this code and i guess a corrupt NSURL since the AVAudioPlayer is nil after initializing: NSString *dummyURLString = @"http://a825.phobos.apple.com/us/r2000/005/Music/d8/a8/d2/mzi.jelhjoev.aac.p.m4p"; NSError *error; NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:dummyURLString]; AVAudioPlayer *player = [[AVAudioPl...

Play downloaded m4p with AVAudioPlayer or MPMusicPlayerController?

Hey guys, I got an *.m4p-file reachable via a http-URL and want to play this in my iPhone App. First I tried to use the [CODE]AVAudioPlayer[/CODE], but it does not seem to support m4p-format. Am I right here? Then I wanted to use the [CODE]MPMusicPlayerController[/CODE], but this one only can play songs located within you iTunes Librar...

How do I linkify text in Perl?

I have some text I want to linkify, which I can reasonably do with a regex (search for http/https or www) but I'm worried about XSS complications. What's a safe way to do this in Perl? ...

Feed name URL in ASP.NET MVC.

I'm writing a simple news site. I want that the URL will be something like this: http://domain.com/killing-puts-focus-on-crimes-against-latinos ...instead of the basic Controller-View-ID structure. I do not want something like: http://domain.com/news/killing-puts-focus-on-crimes-against-latinos How can I do this? Thanks. ...

Is it ok to use ticks to pass datetime using ticks between pages of an application

I'm currently passing some date-time info to a web page using url parameters, which are ticks of date times, and then converting the ticks back into date times when I need to at the other end. Is there a better way to do this, and why. for example http://localhost:57765/dinners/updatedinner/38?startDate=633917664000000000 ...

jquery to goto a url on form submit with field values added to the url string

Hi All, I'm fairly new to jquery and I think this is simple but I'm struggling and google doesn't seem to be helping.... What I have is a basic form... <form> First Name: < input type="text" name="firstName" id="firstName" /> Surname: < input type="text" name="surname" id="surname" /> <input type="submit" id="submit" value="submit"/> ...

Regex to match links that arent already marked up

I'm trying to write a regex to automatically find urls, so that I can turn them into marked up a hrefs. The issue I'm having is dealing with urls that have already been marked up (The documents contain a mix of marked up and not marked up urls). So basically my problem comes down to this: I want to match any URL that isn't already enc...

Hit a URL as part of a CruiseControl.NET build?

CruiseControl.net newbie question: Following a build/deploy of a website, I'd like to invoke a specific URL on the server. I don't need anything back from the resulting page, just need to request it to make something happen. I could create an entry to to fire up IE with the URL as an argument, but I don't want to actually run IE on the...

Correctly opening sharepoint urls to document library items

When I add a link to a document library word document from a publishing page and then click the link, I get prompted with a dialog enabling me to Open, Save or Cancel. Can I prevent this prompt and open the document directly in word? All the best ...

Enable sluggified URLs in Django

I am trying to enable sluggified URLs in Django of the form that SO uses: example.com/id/slug. I have no problem enabling slugs, and have URLs currently set up of the form: http://127.0.0.1:8000/articles/id/ (eg. /articles/1/) and that works fine. The corresponding URLpattern is: (r'^(?P<object_id>\d+)/$', 'django.views.generic.list_de...