Thanks for the responses. I've tried the same script on a Server 2003 install, and Python 2.5 and it ran without a hitch. So, it's either a problem with Python 2.6 or with Windows 7.
Thanks for all the responses. You've been great. Best, Jonathan On Jun 5, 7:39 am, Jonathan Nelson <iamelgri...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm working with Feedparser on months old install of Windows 7, and > now programs that ran before are broken, and I'm getting wierd > messages that are rather opaque to me. Google, Bing, News groups > have all left me empty handed. > > I was wondering if I could humbly impose upon the wizards of > comp.lang.python to lend me their wisdom and insight to this problem > that is too difficult for my little mind. > > Here's what I'm going through: > > >>>from feedparser import parse > >>>url='http://feeds.nytimes.com/nyt/rss/Technology' > >>>url2='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/rss/technology/index_xml' > >>>d = parse(url) > >>>d2= parse(url2) > >>>d > > {'bozo':1, > 'bozo_exception': TypeError("__init__() got an unexpected keyword > argument 'timeout'",), > 'encoding': 'utf-8', > 'entries': [], > 'feed':{}, > 'version': None}>>>d2 > > {'bozo': 1, > 'bozo_exception': TypeError("__init__() got an unexpected keyword > argument 'timeout'",), > 'encoding': 'utf-8', > 'entries': [], > 'feed': {}, > 'version': None} > > I've checked my firewall settings, and python is allowed. Other > python programs can get data from the web. I know that the 'bozo' is > for malformed xml. I've searched through both of those rss feeds, and > I can't find the argument 'timeout' anywhere in them. > > Any ideas, thoughts or directions in which I might go? > > Thanks to all in advance, > Jonathan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
