

Technically speaking, URL parameters consist of any number of queries and their values: Ī URL parameter alone does nothing, but is usually interpreted by the webserver to change the content of a page. Python -m pip install numpy Importance of URL parameters for SEOs Jump to the Further Reading section if you require some context around installing or upgrading Python on your OS. Depending on your Python environment (especially looking at macOS users), you might need to change python to i.e. We will not be making use of numpy directly, but it will need to be installed as a runtime dependency for pandas. The two commands below will install all packages needed for this script to run.

Just make sure to adjust the three top variables to your own needs and you are ready to go! Prerequisites All in one go, quickly, efficiently and definitely not boring!įor the impatient or those who live the busy agency life, you can skip to the bottom of the article where a script ready to be copied and pasted is waiting for you.
PYTHON URL EXTRACTOR HOW TO
Python to the rescue! In this article aiming at beginners, you will learn how to use Python to extract any URL parameter from a CSV file, count, sort and save them in a spreadsheet for further analysis. Furthermore, going through thousands of rows of data is very prone to error. One of the frequent challenges I mentioned in my talk involved analysing URL parameters in bulk.Īs you know very well, tasks of this kind can be very time consuming and boring. But very often, I still find myself in the same situations as I discussed during my talk.

Admittedly, it has been a while since I last spoke about Python at the 3XEDigital in Dublin and at BrightonSEO.
