Extract filename from an url

url2filename.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import os
import posixpath
try:
    from urlparse import urlsplit
    from urllib import unquote
except ImportError: # Python 3
    from urllib.parse import urlsplit, unquote

def url2filename(url):
    """Return basename corresponding to url.

    >>> print(url2filename('http://example.com/path/to/file%C3%80?opt=1'))
    fileÀ
    >>> print(url2filename('http://example.com/slash%2fname')) # '/' in name
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
    ValueError
    """
    urlpath = urlsplit(url).path
    basename = posixpath.basename(unquote(urlpath))
    if (os.path.basename(basename) != basename or
        unquote(posixpath.basename(urlpath)) != basename):
        raise ValueError  # reject '%2f' or 'dir%5Cbasename.ext' on Windows
    return basename

if __name__=="__main__":
    import doctest; doctest.testmod()