Extract year, month and date from an URLΒΆ
Extract year, month and date from a an url.
import re
pattern = r'/(\d{4})/(\d{1,2})/(\d{1,2})/'
def extract_date(url):
return re.findall(pattern, url)
# test
url= "https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/football-insider/wp/2018/09/02/\
odell-beckhams-fame-rests-on-one-stupid-little-ball-josh-norman-tells-author/"
print(extract_date(url)) # [('2016', '09', '02')]