try: from urllib import urlencode from urlparse import urlsplit, parse_qs, urlunsplit except ImportError: from urllib.parse import urlsplit, parse_qs, urlunsplit, urlencode def strip_prompt_login(path): """ Strips 'login' from the 'prompt' query parameter. """ uri = urlsplit(path) query_params = parse_qs(uri.query) prompt_list = query_params.get('prompt', '')[0].split() if 'login' in prompt_list: prompt_list.remove('login') query_params['prompt'] = ' '.join(prompt_list) if not query_params['prompt']: del query_params['prompt'] uri = uri._replace(query=urlencode(query_params, doseq=True)) return urlunsplit(uri)