For various reasons, ``urllib.parse`` and its Python 2 predecessor ``urlparse`` are not compliant with current Internet standards. As stated in `Lib/urllib/parse.py <https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/3.8/Lib/urllib/parse.py>`_: RFC 3986 is considered the current standard and any future changes to urlparse module should conform with it. The urlparse module is currently not entirely compliant with this RFC due to defacto scenarios for parsing, and for backward compatibility purposes, some parsing quirks from older RFCs are retained. This module aims to provide fully RFC 3986 compliant replacements for the most commonly used functions found in ``urllib.parse``. It also includes functions for distinguishing between the different forms of URIs and URI references, and for conveniently creating URIs from their individual components. marecki@gentoo.org Marek Szuba uritools tkem/uritools