[BangPypers] How to check file size before downloading it

[Anand Balachandran Pillai]

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Akash <akashmahajan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai
>  <abpillai at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Make a HEAD request. Here is one way of doing it, using urllib2.
>
>  Since we are on the subject of urllib2. Any resources you recommend
>  other than the standard python docs ?
>
>  I have referred to this sometimes :
>  http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/urllib2.shtml
>

None that I know of, but you could ping me for your urllib2
questions. I have been using this module since 2003 and HarvestMan
uses it extensively. I have looked at the innards of it in detail.
Often thought of writing a reference, but never got to it.

>  Was looking to add to my bookmarks
>
>  regards
>  Akash
>
>
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Regards
-- 
-Anand