Irv Kalb <i...@furrypants.com> writes: > Thank you!
You're welcome. <snip> >> Just a data point... It works here: >> >> $ python3 t.py >> Response is: b'156.99\n' >> $ cat t.py >> import urllib.request >> fullURLWithParameters = 'http://finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=aapl&f=l1' >> # read all the data >> response = urllib.request.urlopen(fullURLWithParameters).read() >> >> print('Response is: ', response) >> $ python3 --version >> Python 3.5.2 > > I have not tried this on anything but my Mac. I'm running 3.6.1 <snip> >> For example, here: >> >> $ wget -q -O - 'http://finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=aapl&f=l1' >> 156.99 >> >> Finally, wget -S shows that the resource has moved. It is now at >> >> Location: http://download.finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=aapl&f=l1 >> >> I don't think this has anything to do with your problem, but it's worth >> noting. > > That DID fix it. I changed the URL to add 'download/' and it worked > perfectly. That's... interesting. > Apparently, Python 3 differs from Python 2 in the way that it is > handling a missing/forwarding URL, because the original code in Python > 2.7 works perfectly. Python 3 works for me. I still suspect it's some system difference rather than being, say, a 3.6.1 vs 3.5.2 difference. What happens if you change the URL to use https rather than http? -- Ben. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
