Accessing a URL file Remotely

[mcl]

I have been given a url of CSV file (http://hostname/dir/file.csv),
which when I put the full URL in a web browser shows the contents of
the file.

I want to be able to use the CSV module to read that file, which I
have successfully used with a local CSV file.

Any examples anywhere would be appreciated.

My basic research suggests URLLIB, but I can not find a suitable
example.

I do not understand what additional information, needs to be given to
the remote site in order for it to expose the contents of the file as
though I was reading it locally.

Do I need to copy it to my local machine or can I read it directly
from the remote site.

As you can probably tell, I have never done anything like this, so any
help will be gratefully received.

Thanks

Richard

 

[TheSeeker]

I have been given a url of CSV file (http://hostname/dir/file.csv),
which when I put the full URL in a web browser shows the contents of
the file.

I want to be able to use the CSV module to read that file, which I
have successfully used with a local CSV file.

Any examples anywhere would be appreciated.

My basic research suggests URLLIB, but I can not find a suitable
example.

I do not understand what additional information, needs to be given to
the remote site in order for it to expose the contents of the file as
though I was reading it locally.

Do I need to copy it to my local machine or can I read it directly
from the remote site.

As you can probably tell, I have never done anything like this, so any
help will be gratefully received.

Thanks

Richard

-----untested------

import urllib, csv

fp_page = urllib.urlopen("http://URL_of_file")
reader = csv.reader(fp_page)
for row in reader:
print row

Duane

 

[mcl]

-----untested------

import urllib,csv

fp_page = urllib.urlopen("http://URL_of_file")
reader =csv.reader(fp_page)
for row in reader:
print row

Duane

Duane,

Brilliant - I had fears of much more complication.

Thank you very much

Richard

 

[Grant Edwards]

Brilliant - I had fears of much more complication.

I've been writing Python programs for almost 10 years, and I
still have that reaction not infrequently.