Save data to a file thru a http connection

[yinglcs@gmail.com]

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]

Re: Save data to a file thru a http connection

On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 11:37:47AM -0700, yinglcs@gmail.c om wrote:[color=blue]
> 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.[/color]

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]

Re: Save data to a file thru a http connection

yinglcs@gmail.c om wrote:[color=blue]
> 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.[/color]

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
scott.daniels@a cm.org

[Christoph Haas]

Re: Save data to a file thru a http connection

On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 08:58:53PM +0200, Christoph Haas wrote:[color=blue]
> On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 11:37:47AM -0700, yinglcs@gmail.c om wrote:[color=green]
> > 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.[/color]
>
> 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.[/color]

Misunderstandin g on my side. Ignore me. :)

Christoph

[yinglcs@gmail.com]

Re: Save data to a file thru a http connection

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

Scott David Daniels wrote:[color=blue]
> yinglcs@gmail.c om wrote:[color=green]
> > 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.[/color]
>
> 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
> scott.daniels@a cm.org[/color]

[John Machin]

Re: Save data to a file thru a http connection

On 1/06/2006 11:52 AM, yinglcs@gmail.c om wrote:[color=blue]
> 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[/color]


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 :-)

[color=blue]
>
> Scott David Daniels wrote:[color=green]
>> yinglcs@gmail.c om wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> 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.[/color]
>> 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
>> scott.daniels@a cm.org[/color]
>[/color]