>>> import urlparse

>>> url = "http://www.example.org/default.html?alpha=32&beta=92&gamma=98"

>>> urlparse.urlsplit(url)
SplitResult(scheme='http', netloc='www.example.org', path='/default.html', query='ct=32&op=92&item=98', fragment='')

>>> urlparse.parse_qs(urlparse.urlsplit(url).query)
{'alpha': ['32'], 'betta': ['92'], 'gamma': ['98']}

>>> dict(urlparse.parse_qsl(urlparse.urlsplit(url).query))
{'alpha': '32', 'betta': '92', 'gamma': '98'}