add_get_params

gistfile1.py

import urlparse

def add_get_params(url, params):
    "Add the given parameters to a URL's query."
    
    components = urlparse.urlsplit(url)
    
    # Form a list containing each of the get parameters including the new ones.
    new_query = components.query.split("&") + \
                [str(k) + "=" + str(v) for k, v in params.items()]
             
    # Join the parameters together ignoring any empty ones
    new_query = "&".join((i for i in new_query if i))
    
    return urlparse.urlunsplit(urlparse.SplitResult(
        components.scheme,
        components.netloc,
        components.path,
        new_query,
        components.fragment
    ))
        
# example
print add_get_params("http://www.google.com/moose?", {"b": "2"})