Python : pass variable to url while doing request

Question

i'm using the following to call a url , which I need to pass year/month/day as variable while calling it so the final url structure be like

http://mywebiste.com/downloading/main/2016/03/28/'

here is my code ,

import pycurl
import os, sys, re, shutil
import datetime
import time
import requests
import datetime
import logging
import httplib

#logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)

httplib.HTTPConnection.debuglevel = 1
logging.basicConfig()
logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
requests_log = logging.getLogger("requests.packages.urllib3")
requests_log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
requests_log.propagate = True

now = datetime.datetime.now()
year = now.year
month = now.month
day =  now.day

url = 'http://mywebiste.com/downloading/main/%s/%s/%s/'
r = requests.get(url,timeout=10)
r.text
r.status_code
r.connection.close()

Thus far you don't even attempt to put the values into the placeholders. — jonrsharpe
– jonrsharpe, Commented Mar 28, 2016 at 11:53

Peter Badida · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-28 12:01:38Z

5

I think you want this:

url = 'http://mywebiste.com/downloading/main/%s/%s/%s/' % (year, month, day)

Little more explaining: for each string you want use with variables with % way you need to use string as my_string = 'my value is: %s' % value, where value is your variable.

edited Mar 28, 2016 at 12:01

answered Mar 28, 2016 at 11:53

Peter Badida

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2 Comments

LhasaDad Over a year ago

you might have to str() any numeric values in the tuple as the pattern expects 3 strings. I don't recall what year month and day are in that structure of the top of my head.

Peter Badida Over a year ago

Actually, according to docs(that table, 's') each passed object is converted automatically with str(). However if not sure, better use than sorry. :)

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