For those that are interested, but don't want to bother running the program themselves, here's the output I get.
Trying: http://slashdot.org http://slashdot.org - Apache/1.3.41 (Unix) mod_perl/1.31-rc4 (deflate) Errored out on this site. Trying: http://www.hotmail.com http://www.hotmail.com - Microsoft-IIS/6.0 (deflate) Errored out on this site. Trying: http://www.godaddy.com http://www.godaddy.com - Microsoft-IIS/6.0 (deflate) Errored out on this site. Trying: http://www.linux.com http://www.linux.com - Apache/2.2.8 (Unix) PHP/5.2.5 (deflate) Errored out on this site. Trying: http://www.lighttpd.net http://www.lighttpd.net - lighttpd/1.5.0 (deflate) Errored out on this site. Trying: http://www.kenrockwel.com http://www.kenrockwel.com - lighttpd (deflate) Able to decompress...went from 414 to 744. On Sep 18, 7:29 pm, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 18, 2:10 pm, "Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > En Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:58:31 -0300, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > The code is correct - try with another server. I tested it with a > > LightHTTPd server and worked fine. > > Gabriel... > > I found a bunch of servers to test it on. It fails on every server I > could find (sans one). > > Here's the ones it fails on: > slashdot.org > hotmail.com > godaddy.com > linux.com > lighttpd.net > > I did manage to find one webserver it succeeded on---that is > kenrockwel.com --- a domain squatter with a typoed domain of one of my > favorite photographer's websites (the actual website should be > kenrockwell.com) > > This squatter's site is indeed running lighttpd---but it appears to be > an earlier version, because the official lighttpd site fails on this > test. > > We have all the major web servers failing the test: > * Apache 1.3 > * Apache 2.2 > * Microsoft-IIS/6.0 > * lighttpd/1.5.0 > > So I think it's the python side that is wrong, regardless of what the > standard is. > > What should I do next? > > I've rewritten the code to make it easier to test. Just run it as is > and it will try all my test cases; or pass in a site on the command > line, and it will try just that. > > Thanks! > > #!/usr/bin/env python > """Put the site you want to test as a command line parameter. > Otherwise tests the list of defaults.""" > > import urllib2 > import zlib > import sys > > opener = urllib2.build_opener() > opener.addheaders = [('Accept-encoding', 'deflate')] > > try: > sites = [sys.argv[1]] > except IndexError: > sites = ['http://slashdot.org', 'http://www.hotmail.com', > 'http://www.godaddy.com', 'http://www.linux.com', > 'http://www.lighttpd.net', 'http://www.kenrockwel.com'] > > for site in sites: > print "Trying: ", site > stream = opener.open(site) > data = stream.read() > encoded = stream.headers.get('Content-Encoding') > server = stream.headers.get('Server') > > print " %s - %s (%s)" % (site, server, encoded) > > if encoded == 'deflate': > before = len(data) > try: > data = zlib.decompress(data) > after = len(data) > print " Able to decompress...went from %i to %i." % > (before, after) > except zlib.error: > print " Errored out on this site." > else: > print " Data is not deflated." > print -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
