My First .py

Max M maxm at mxm.dk
Thu Apr 18 04:11:37 EDT 2002


Bryce C. Mason wrote:

> I think I'll go get a book on how to let python retrieve information over
> the net.  This would remove another step of him having to capture screen
> output.  Anyone have a good suggestion for some examples of how python can
> manipulate network resources?

ahh you hardly need a book for just that :-)

But I would recommend "Learning Python" and the "Python Essential 
Reference" Or the one By Frederik Lundh.

regards Max M


###########################

from urllib import urlopen

pythonOrg = urlopen('http://www.google.com')
content = pythonOrg.read()
pythonOrg.close()

print 
content[content.find('<title>')+len('<title>'):content.find('</title>')]

 >>> Google





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