Python - Getting Filename from Long Path

Question

I have long paths to files like:

D:%5CMedia%5CMusic%20Videos%5CAlexis%20Jordan%20-%20Good%20Girl%2Emkv

What is the best way to get just the file name from there, so I end up with:

Alexis Jordan - Good Girl

From there I want to cut the Artist and Title into separate parts, but I can manage that :)

Answer 1

First you need to decode the URL encoding with urllib.unquote() then use the os.path module to split out the filename and extension:

import os
import urllib

path = urllib.unquote(path)
filename = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(path))[0]

where os.path.basename() removes the directory path, and os.path.splitext() gives you a filename and extension tuple.

This then gives you the filename:

>>> import os
>>> import urllib
>>> path = 'D:%5CMedia%5CMusic%20Videos%5CAlexis%20Jordan%20-%20Good%20Girl%2Emkv'
>>> path = urllib.unquote(path)
>>> path
'D:\\Media\\Music Videos\\Alexis Jordan - Good Girl.mkv'
>>> filename = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(path))[0]
>>> filename
'Alexis Jordan - Good Girl'