Thank you everyone for your help. I managed to make a somewhat working model of what I had in my mind. I will be sharing my code with you. Please tell me how to improve it. I think it could be done in much less number of lines. http://pastie.org/10336178
The first part which is handling the download is someone else's code I found on StackOverflow. I am still unclear as to why it works. On 7 August 2015 at 23:25, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com> wrote: > On 07/08/15 10:14, Gaurav Lathwal wrote: > > This time I am trying to fetch the required data using the API of the >> website. >> > > Which website? Don;t assume we can remember from your previous post > or that we will want to go trawling the archives. > > The easier you make it for us to answer the more likely you are > to get good answers. > > But, the problem I am having is I don't know how to make the request >> properly. >> When I enter the required URL in my browser, it downloads a .tgz which >> includes all the updates that have taken place on the website in the last >> 24 hours. >> > > Can we see exactly what URLyou type in? > > So, when I use urlopen on the same url, & I try to read it, all I get is >> gibberish. >> > > Can you show us the actual code and the actual gibberish. > Are you sure the gibberish is not just the tgz binary file > contents? And if so why are you sure? > ie. What did you do to test it? > > The more detailed facts we have the more we can help. > code, error messages, python version, OS, - all help. > > If I am unable to solve this problem, I am quitting programming, I have had >> enough bad experiences. :\ :\ >> > > One thing I've learned about programming over the last 40 years > is that you always have to go through a lot of trial and error to > get new stuff working. Think of it as experimenting and having > fun discovering new things and it becomes less painful. > Think of it as just inconvenient errors and its just > frustrating... It's all about the state of mind :-) > > -- > Alan G > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld > Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
