[Tutor] understanding urllib.urlopen

[bob gailer]

johnf wrote:
> I'm trying to comfirm an address is a good address via google.  Meaning does 
> google report that the address exist.
>
> If I do 
> urllib.urlopen( "http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?%s" % params )
> with the address in params.  I get the longitude and latitude correctly.
>
> If I use the following in the address bar of a browser
>  "http://maps.google.com?q='18 Tadlock Place Woodland CA'" 
> all works.
>
> But if I attempt this
> urllib.urlopen( "http://maps.google.com?q='18 Tadlock Place Woodland CA'" )
> it always fails. 
>
> So I don't understand urllib.urlopen().  Could some kind soul explain what I'm 
> doing wrong.
>   
1) put a / after .com
2) encode it (in this case that means replace blanks with %20)
x=urllib.urlopen("http://maps.google.com/?q=18%20Tadlock%20Place%20Woodland%20CA")

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