urllib2: handle an error (302)

[O.R.Senthil Kumaran]

> When urllib2 libs visit a URL with 302 error follow the location
> automatically. I need to get the location  in order to get the full
> URL (not relative URL) parsing html code.

urllib2 automatically handles the 302 redirection. What you get as the end result is the 'redirected' page. 
- If all you want is the 'redirected' page. Blindly use urllib2, it handles it.
- If you want a 'smarter' way of handling redirection, then you might have to extend the HTTPRedirectHandler.

A very good example is provided by Mark Pilgrim in his 'Dive Into Python'.
Have a look here:
http://www.diveintopython.org/http_web_services/index.html

Example 11.1 openanything.py


Implement your program along those lines.

Thanks,
Senthil

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