Save data to a file thru a http connection

[yinglcs]

Hi,

I am new to python. I read an example here about how to fetch data thru
a HTTP connection:
http://diveintopython.org/http_web_services/review.html,

My question is how can i save the data to a file after reading it from
a http connection.

Thank you.

 

[Christoph Haas]

I am new to python. I read an example here about how to fetch data thru
a HTTP connection:
http://diveintopython.org/http_web_services/review.html,

My question is how can i save the data to a file after reading it from
a http connection.

Usually HTTP is read-only. There are extensions like WebDAV though that
may do what you need. Google for "python webdav" and see how far you get.

Kindly
Christoph

 

[Scott David Daniels]

I am new to python. I read an example here about how to fetch data thru
a HTTP connection:
http://diveintopython.org/http_web_services/review.html,

My question is how can i save the data to a file after reading it from
a http connection.

Do the tutorial and this and many other things will become clear.

Instead of just "print sometext", do something like:
...
f = open('filename', 'w')
...
print >>f, sometext
... (possibly more prints like the above).
f.close()

--Scott David Daniels
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Christoph Haas]

Usually HTTP is read-only. There are extensions like WebDAV though that
may do what you need. Google for "python webdav" and see how far you get.

Misunderstanding on my side. Ignore me.

Christoph

 

[yinglcs]

Scott,

Can you please tell me which chapter of the tutorial that you are
referring to http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html?

The only chapter that I find about http is chapter 10.7, but it does
not have the example that you are referring to

 

[John Machin]

Scott,

Can you please tell me which chapter of the tutorial that you are
referring to http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html?

The only chapter that I find about http is chapter 10.7, but it does
not have the example that you are referring to

Break the problem up into two parts:

(1) Get some data.

You've achieved that, using HTTP.

(2) Save some data to a file.

Doesn't matter *how* you got the data. You need to know how to open a
file for writing and how to write to it and how to close it when you've
finished. Look for the section in the tutorial about *files*.

Better still, read *all* the sections in the tutorial