JS/CSS minification in python

minify.py

import requests
import json
import urllib

URLS = {
	'css': 'http://cssminifier.com/raw',
	'js': 'http://javascript-minifier.com/raw'
}

def new_filepath(filepath):
	"""
	Returns a new filepath for the minified object
	"""
	split_path = filepath.rpartition('/')
	file_split = split_path[-1].rpartition('.')
	return '%s%s%s.min.%s' % (split_path[0], split_path[1], file_split[0], file_split[-1])

def minify(filepath):
	"""
	Minifies a css or js file passed to it
	"""
	url = URLS[filepath.rpartition('.')[-1]]
	data = urllib.urlencode({'input': open(filepath, 'r').read()})
	headers = {
		'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
	}
	mini = requests.post(
		URLS[filepath.rpartition('.')[-1]] + '?%s' % data,
		data=data,
		headers=headers
	).content

	new_filename = new_filepath(filepath)
	with open(new_filename, 'w') as sink:
		sink.write(mini)

if __name__ == "__main__":
	minify('test.js')