UTM Link Builder — Python source
Build campaign tracking URLs with utm_source, utm_medium and utm_campaign parameters. Bulk mode processes a whole list, presets and import round-trip existing tracking URLs, and a validator flags attribution-breaking values — runs entirely in your browser.
This is the Python implementation — the same logic the interactive tool runs, in a shareable, citable form.
"""
utm-link-builder - campaign URL builder with canonical utm_* ordering.
Display snippet: ports the core build(baseUrl, params) from the TypeScript
lib (src/lib/utm.ts). The lint/bulk/preset helpers live in the
TypeScript/Go sources.
Semantics: strip any stale utm_* params from the base URL, keep every
unrelated query param in place, then append the given params in canonical
order. Empty-string params are omitted. Returns None for an unparseable
base. Standard library only (urllib.parse).
"""
from urllib.parse import parse_qsl, urlencode, urlsplit, urlunsplit
CANONICAL = [
("source", "utm_source"),
("medium", "utm_medium"),
("campaign", "utm_campaign"),
("term", "utm_term"),
("content", "utm_content"),
]
def build(base_url, params=None):
params = params or {}
if "://" not in base_url:
base_url = "https://" + base_url # coerce a scheme-less host
try:
parts = urlsplit(base_url)
except ValueError:
return None
if not parts.netloc:
return None
# Keep every unrelated query param; drop stale utm_* ones.
kept = [
(key, value)
for key, value in parse_qsl(parts.query, keep_blank_values=True)
if not key.startswith("utm_")
]
for field, query_key in CANONICAL:
value = params.get(field)
if value: # None and '' are omitted
kept.append((query_key, value))
return urlunsplit(
(parts.scheme, parts.netloc, parts.path, urlencode(kept), parts.fragment)
)
# Example:
# build("example.com/page?utm_source=stale&id=7", {"source": "twitter", "medium": "social"})
# -> 'https://example.com/page?id=7&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social'
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