Re: urlretrieve get file name

2006-11-11 Thread Sven
> You can use the geturl() method to obtain the true URL used (that > would behttp://page.com/filename.zip) and then rename the file. Thanks mate, this was exactly what I needed. A realy clean and simple solution to my problem. :-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: urlretrieve get file name

2006-11-10 Thread Gabriel Genellina
At Friday 10/11/2006 16:58, Sven wrote: Yes the browser suggests a file name, but I did a little research using http://web-sniffer.net/. The Response Header contains roughly this: HTTP Status Code: HTTP/1.1 302 Found Location: http://page.com/filename.zip Content-Length: 0 Connection: close Con

Re: urlretrieve get file name

2006-11-10 Thread Sven
Yes the browser suggests a file name, but I did a little research using http://web-sniffer.net/. The Response Header contains roughly this: HTTP Status Code: HTTP/1.1 302 Found Location: http://page.com/filename.zip Content-Length: 0 Connection: close Content-Type: text/html The status code 302 t

Re: urlretrieve get file name

2006-11-09 Thread Gabriel Genellina
At Thursday 9/11/2006 20:52, Sven wrote: Thanks for your help, but I'm a guy with no luck. :-) I can't get the file name from response header... Try using a browser and "Save as..."; if it suggests a file name, it *must* be in the headers - so look again carefully. If it does not suggests a f

Re: urlretrieve get file name

2006-11-09 Thread Sven
Hello Gabriel, Thanks for your help, but I'm a guy with no luck. :-) I can't get the file name from response header... On Nov 10, 12:39 am, Gabriel Genellina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At Thursday 9/11/2006 19:11, Sven wrote: > > >I'm wrestling with the urlretrieve function in the urllib module

Re: urlretrieve get file name

2006-11-09 Thread Gabriel Genellina
At Thursday 9/11/2006 19:11, Sven wrote: I'm wrestling with the urlretrieve function in the urllib module. I want to download a file from a web server and save it locally with the same name. The problem is the URL - it's on the form http://www.page.com/?download=12345. It doesn't reveal the file

urlretrieve get file name

2006-11-09 Thread Sven
Hi guys and gals, I'm wrestling with the urlretrieve function in the urllib module. I want to download a file from a web server and save it locally with the same name. The problem is the URL - it's on the form http://www.page.com/?download=12345. It doesn't reveal the file name. Some hints to poin