Simplifying URL Responses with urllib's parse_http_list

The urllib library in Python provides useful tools for working with URLs and HTTP responses. One handy function is urllib.parse.parse_http_list(), which can simplify parsing URL query parameters and response headers.

Here's a quick overview of what parse_http_list() does:

from urllib.parse import parse_http_list

data = "item1, item2, item3"

result = parse_http_list(data) 
# Returns ['item1', 'item2', 'item3']

It takes a string like "item1, item2, item3" and converts it to a Python list like ['item1', 'item2', 'item3'].

This is useful for:

So when parsing URLs or headers, parse_http_list() can simplify working with comma-separated values. Give it a try next time you need to parse multiple values in an HTTP response!