URL as input -> "IOError: [Errno 2] The system cannot find the path specified"

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:56:04 +0200, Gilles Ganault wrote:

> I'm trying to use urllib to download web pages with the GET method, but
> Python 2.5.1 on Windows turns the URL into something funny:
> 
> ========
> url = "amazon.fr/search/index.php?url=search"

This "URL" lacks the protocol!  Correct would be http://amazon.fr… (I 
guess).

> [...]
> 
> IOError: [Errno 2] The system cannot find the path specified:
> 'amazon.fr\\search\\index.php?url=search'

Without protocol it seems that the 'file://' protocol is used and there 
is no such file on your system.

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch