Strip Google Analytics tracking codes from URL query parameters

strip_url_tracking.py

DISCARD = [
	'utm_source',
	'utm_medium',
	'utm_campaign',
	'utm_term',
	'utm_content',
	]
def strip_url_tracking(url):
	"""
	Removes Google Analytics codes from URLs
	Example:
		strip_url_tracking('http://buyosphere.com/?page=1&utm_source=abc&') -> 'http://buyosphere.com/?page=1=abc&'
	"""
	try:
		from urlparse import urlsplit
		parts = urlsplit(url)
		if parts.query and len(parts.query) > 0:
			new_query = '&'.join([part for part in parts.query.split('&') if part.split('=')[0] not in DISCARD])
			new_url = '%s://%s%s' % (parts.scheme,parts.netloc,parts.path)
			if new_query and len(new_query) > 0:
				new_url = '%s?%s' % (new_url,new_query)
			return new_url
			
		
	except:
		pass
		
	return url