[Ironpython-users] System.Net.WebClient and urllib.urlretrieve fail to download a file

[Djordje Spasic]

Hello,I have a small ironpython 2.7 function which downloads a particular .osm file from overpass-api.de website.
The function is working without a problem on my PC.

However, on PC of another person, it fails. That person is using Windows 10 x64 (not sure if this information is of any significance), while I am using Windows XP 32 bit (way too old, sorry for that).

Here is the function's code:

import Systemimport urllib def downloadFile(downloadLink,downloadedFilePath):    try:        # try "secure http" download        client = System.Net.WebClient()        client.DownloadFile(downloadLink,downloadedFilePath)    except Exception, e:        print "e1: ", e        try:            # "secure http" failed, try"http" download:            filePath, infoHeader = urllib.urlretrieve(downloadLink,downloadedFilePath)        except Exception, e:            print "e2: ", e            # downloading of file failed            fileDownloaded_success = False            return fileDownloaded_success        fileDownloaded_success = True    return fileDownloaded_success  download = True  # switchif download == True:    downloadLink = "http://overpass-api.de/api/map?bbox=-74.0118232808,40.7028304899,-74.0094567192,40.7046315099"   downloadedFilePath = "c:/map.osm"   fileDownloaded_success = downloadFile(downloadLink,downloadedFilePath)    print"fileDownloaded_success: ",fileDownloaded_success


Mentioned person gets the following printed to his console, after running the code:

e1: Unable to connect to the remote server
e2: [Errno socket error] getaddrinfo returns an empty list
fileDownloaded_success: False


He tried turning off both his Antivirus and Windows Firewall, and the upper two error messages did not go away.
We can not use a newer version of IronPython, as 2.7 is what is shipped with Rhino5 application (we basically use IronPython 2.7 editor inside Rhino5 application).
I would be grateful for any kind of reply, as I do not know what is the problem at his place. I did some googling with similar error message, but I do not know if this could be the same situation.

Thank you in advance!!


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