Issue #25822: Add docstrings to the fields of urllib.parse results.

Patch contributed by Swati Jaiswal.

2 files changed, 68 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/urllib/parse.py b/Lib/urllib/parse.py
index 5e2155c..cecd0b9 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/parse.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/parse.py
@@ -224,8 +224,71 @@ class _NetlocResultMixinBytes(_NetlocResultMixinBase, _ResultMixinBytes):
 from collections import namedtuple
 
 _DefragResultBase = namedtuple('DefragResult', 'url fragment')
-_SplitResultBase = namedtuple('SplitResult', 'scheme netloc path query fragment')
-_ParseResultBase = namedtuple('ParseResult', 'scheme netloc path params query fragment')
+_SplitResultBase = namedtuple(
+    'SplitResult', 'scheme netloc path query fragment')
+_ParseResultBase = namedtuple(
+    'ParseResult', 'scheme netloc path params query fragment')
+
+_DefragResultBase.__doc__ = """
+DefragResult(url, fragment)
+
+A 2-tuple that contains the url without fragment identifier and the fragment
+identifier as a separate argument.
+"""
+
+_DefragResultBase.url.__doc__ = """The URL with no fragment identifier."""
+
+_DefragResultBase.fragment.__doc__ = """
+Fragment identifier separated from URL, that allows indirect identification of a
+secondary resource by reference to a primary resource and additional identifying
+information.
+"""
+
+_SplitResultBase.__doc__ = """
+SplitResult(scheme, netloc, path, query, fragment)
+
+A 5-tuple that contains the different components of a URL. Similar to
+ParseResult, but does not split params.
+"""
+
+_SplitResultBase.scheme.__doc__ = """Specifies URL scheme for the request."""
+
+_SplitResultBase.netloc.__doc__ = """
+Network location where the request is made to.
+"""
+
+_SplitResultBase.path.__doc__ = """
+The hierarchical path, such as the path to a file to download.
+"""
+
+_SplitResultBase.query.__doc__ = """
+The query component, that contains non-hierarchical data, that along with data
+in path component, identifies a resource in the scope of URI's scheme and
+network location.
+"""
+
+_SplitResultBase.fragment.__doc__ = """
+Fragment identifier, that allows indirect identification of a secondary resource
+by reference to a primary resource and additional identifying information.
+"""
+
+_ParseResultBase.__doc__ = """
+ParseResult(scheme, netloc, path, params,  query, fragment)
+
+A 6-tuple that contains components of a parsed URL.
+"""
+
+_ParseResultBase.scheme.__doc__ = _SplitResultBase.scheme.__doc__
+_ParseResultBase.netloc.__doc__ = _SplitResultBase.netloc.__doc__
+_ParseResultBase.path.__doc__ = _SplitResultBase.path.__doc__
+_ParseResultBase.params.__doc__ = """
+Parameters for last path element used to dereference the URI in order to provide
+access to perform some operation on the resource.
+"""
+
+_ParseResultBase.query.__doc__ = _SplitResultBase.query.__doc__
+_ParseResultBase.fragment.__doc__ = _SplitResultBase.fragment.__doc__
+
 
 # For backwards compatibility, alias _NetlocResultMixinStr
 # ResultBase is no longer part of the documented API, but it is
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 08f057d..c3a2574 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #25822: Add docstrings to the fields of urllib.parse results.
+  Patch contributed by Swati Jaiswal.
+
 - Issue #22642: Convert trace module option parsing mechanism to argparse.
   Patch contributed by SilentGhost.