Once you use urlopen you can read the website like a file On Nov 30, 2007 10:58 AM, mcl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 29 Nov, 22:32, TheSeeker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 29, 3:13 pm, mcl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I have been given a url ofCSVfile (http://hostname/dir/file.csv), > > > which when I put the full URL in a web browser shows the contents of > > > the file. > > > > > I want to be able to use theCSVmodule to read that file, which I > > > have successfully used with a localCSVfile. > > > > > Any examples anywhere would be appreciated. > > > > > My basic research suggests URLLIB, but I can not find a suitable > > > example. > > > > > I do not understand what additional information, needs to be given to > > > the remote site in order for it to expose the contents of the file as > > > though I was reading it locally. > > > > > Do I need to copy it to my local machine or can I read it directly > > > from the remote site. > > > > > As you can probably tell, I have never done anything like this, so any > > > help will be gratefully received. > > > > > Thanks > > > > > Richard > > > > -----untested------ > > > > import urllib,csv > > > > fp_page = urllib.urlopen("http://URL_of_file";) > > reader =csv.reader(fp_page) > > for row in reader: > > print row > > > > Duane > > Duane, > > Brilliant - I had fears of much more complication. > > Thank you very much > > Richard > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://search.goldwatches.com/?Search=Movado+Watches http://www.goldwatches.com http://www.jewelerslounge.com
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