How to get a Url segment in django

Question

In php's Codeigniter, the uri class ( https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/uri.html ) has the ability to retrieve a url segment using:

$this->uri->segment(n)

Is there an equivalent abilty in Django?

Answer 1

This is a part of the standard Python library, in the urlparse module.

import urlparse
path = urlparse.urlsplit(uri).path
print path.split('/')[n]

Answer 2

Codeigniter uses a segment-based approach which, by default, imposes url structured as follows: class/function/ID .

Django lets you design URLs however you want, with no framework limitations so there is no need of a URL helper like the one in CI.