On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Antoni Mont <amont...@yahoo.es> wrote: > Hi all, > > My apologises if this is not the appropriate group. > > I'd like to access a web site from a python script. That page, in fact, > is a form of main page. With a browser (Firefox, for instance) I can do > it without problem: I open the main web whose url is: > > 'http://www.mcu.es/webISBN/tituloSimpleFilter.do?cache=init&prev_layout=busquedaisbn&layout=busquedaisbn&language=es' > > and then, from the same (or another tab) I open the form (it's a book > database and the ISBN is the relevant parameter) whose url is: > > 'http://www.mcu.es/webISBN/tituloSimpleDispatch.do?params.forzaQuery=N¶ms.cisbnExt=8484031128&action=Buscar&layout=busquedaisbn' > > So I get the information about the book. > > But when I try to do the same from the script, I get a time-out > error -without time elapsing at all. This is the piece of the > script relevant for the subject:
I'm able to grab the problem webpage via Python just fine, albeit with a bit of a delay. So, don't know what your exact problem is, maybe your connection? If you're trying to programmatically browse the web, you might want to look at mechanize: http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/mechanize/ Cheers, Chris -- Follow the path of the Iguana... http://rebertia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
