Maybe your python2.5 not working good!? But, I use python 2.6 , and i use this for your problem: import urllib html = urllib.urlopen("http://www.rediff.com/").read() print html
If you want use authenticate then... You make working urllib2 and use this >>>auth = urllib2.Request(auth_uri, authreq_data) On Aug 1, 4:52 pm, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > tarun wrote: > > Dear All, > > I want to read a webpage and copy the contents of it in word file. I > > tried to write following code: > > > import urllib2 > > urllib2.urlopen("http://www.rediff.com/") > > > *Error:-* > > > urllib2.urlopen("http://www.icicibank.com/") > > File "C:\Python25\lib\urllib2.py", line 121, in urlopen > > return _opener.open(url, data) > > File "C:\Python25\lib\urllib2.py", line 374, in open > > response = self._open(req, data) > > File "C:\Python25\lib\urllib2.py", line 392, in _open > > '_open', req) > > File "C:\Python25\lib\urllib2.py", line 353, in _call_chain > > result = func(*args) > > File "C:\Python25\lib\urllib2.py", line 1100, in http_open > > return self.do_open(httplib.HTTPConnection, req) > > File "C:\Python25\lib\urllib2.py", line 1075, in do_open > > raise URLError(err) > > urllib2.URLError: <urlopen error (11001, 'getaddrinfo failed')> > > I've just tried it. I didn't get an exception, so your problem must be > elsewhere. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list