HTTP GET Explodes...

**John Machin** · Sep 24 '06, 01:05 AM

Re: HTTP GET Explodes...

Pete wrote:

I was running the HTTP GET example at
http://www.python.org/doc/current/li...-examples.html and ran
into a bit of trouble...
>

>import httplib # This works.
>conn = httplib.HTTPCon nection("www.py thon.org") # This works.
>conn.request(" GET", "/index.html") # This does not work...

>
The errors I get are below. Any suggestions on how to get rid of the
errors? Thanks!

You have *ONE* error, with a long traceback, which is incomplete,
because it doesn't show the error message that should be at the end of
the traceback.

>
# Begin errors...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 801, in request
self._send_requ est(method, url, body, headers)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 818, in _send_request
self.putrequest (method, url, **skips)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 749, in putrequest
self.putheader( 'Host', self.host.encod e("idna"))
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/encodings/__init__.py", line 96, in
search_function
globals(), locals(), _import_tail)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/encodings/idna.py", line 6, in ?
dots = re.compile(u"[\u002E\u3002\uF F0E\uFF61]")

This is compiling a *constant* regular expression, and works OK on the
Windows distribution of Python 2.4.3 :

| Python 2.4.3 (#69, Mar 29 2006, 17:35:34) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]
on win32
| Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more
information.
| >>import re
| >>dots = re.compile(u"[\u002E\u3002\uF F0E\uFF61]")
| >>dots.match('. ')
| <_sre.SRE_Mat ch object at 0x00AF6058# bonus: compiled regex works.
| >>dots.match(u' \uff61')
| <_sre.SRE_Mat ch object at 0x00AF6918>

You appear to be running 2.4.n; what is n, and exactly which *x
platform are you running it on? Perhaps a file in /usr/lib/python2.4 is
corrupt, but we won't know until you give the *full* traceback. Do you
get the same results when you try what I did at the interpreter
interactive prompt?

File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre.py", line 180, in compile
return _compile(patter n, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre.py", line 225, in _compile
p = sre_compile.com pile(pattern, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 500, in compile
code = _code(p, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 481, in _code
_compile_info(c ode, p, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 459, in _compile_info
_compile_charse t(charset, flags, code)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 178, in
_compile_charse t
for op, av in _optimize_chars et(charset, fixup):
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 221, in
_optimize_chars et
return _optimize_unico de(charset, fixup)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 341, in
_optimize_unico de
mapping = array.array('b' , mapping).tostri ng()

.... to be continued in the next episode.

Regards,
John

**Pete** · Sep 24 '06, 01:25 AM

Re: HTTP GET Explodes...

Fade in to episode II...

...
This is compiling a *constant* regular expression, and works OK on the
Windows distribution of Python 2.4.3 :

Hmmmm. Here's the version information stuff:

Python 2.4.2 (#1, Feb 12 2006, 03:59:46)
[GCC 4.1.0 20060210 (Red Hat 4.1.0-0.24)] on linux2

I'm going to upgrade Python and see if that has any effect...
I'm running this on a Fedora Core 5 box...

...
You appear to be running 2.4.n; what is n, and exactly which *x
platform are you running it on? Perhaps a file in /usr/lib/python2.4 is
corrupt, but we won't know until you give the *full* traceback. Do you
get the same results when you try what I did at the interpreter
interactive prompt?

The error I received was from the interactive prompt thing. Is there
some way I can get more verbose information or something that would be
more helpful?

Thanks,
Pete

**Pete** · Sep 24 '06, 01:55 AM

Re: HTTP GET Explodes...

...

I'm going to upgrade Python and see if that has any effect...
...

I upgraded Python, it had an effect, but not a positive one. My
interactivity is below. Where is the "Hello World." text coming from?

Python 2.4.3 (#1, Jun 13 2006, 11:46:08)
[GCC 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>import httplib
>>conn = httplib.HTTPCon nection("www.py thon.org")
>>conn.request( "GET", "/index.html")

Hello World.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 804, in request
self._send_requ est(method, url, body, headers)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 821, in _send_request
self.putrequest (method, url, **skips)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 752, in putrequest
self.putheader( 'Host', self.host.encod e("idna"))
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/encodings/__init__.py", line 96, in
search_function
globals(), locals(), _import_tail)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/encodings/idna.py", line 6, in ?
dots = re.compile(u"[\u002E\u3002\uF F0E\uFF61]")
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre.py", line 180, in compile
return _compile(patter n, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre.py", line 225, in _compile
p = sre_compile.com pile(pattern, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 500, in compile
code = _code(p, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 481, in _code
_compile_info(c ode, p, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 459, in _compile_info
_compile_charse t(charset, flags, code)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 178, in
_compile_charse t
for op, av in _optimize_chars et(charset, fixup):
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 221, in
_optimize_chars et
return _optimize_unico de(charset, fixup)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 341, in
_optimize_unico de
mapping = array.array('b' , mapping).tostri ng()
TypeError: typecode argument must be a valid type.

>>>

**John Machin** · Sep 24 '06, 01:55 AM

Re: HTTP GET Explodes...

Pete wrote:

Fade in to episode II...
>

...
This is compiling a *constant* regular expression, and works OK on the
Windows distribution of Python 2.4.3 :

>
Hmmmm. Here's the version information stuff:
>
Python 2.4.2 (#1, Feb 12 2006, 03:59:46)
[GCC 4.1.0 20060210 (Red Hat 4.1.0-0.24)] on linux2
>
I'm going to upgrade Python and see if that has any effect...
I'm running this on a Fedora Core 5 box...
>

...
You appear to be running 2.4.n; what is n, and exactly which *x
platform are you running it on? Perhaps a file in /usr/lib/python2.4 is
corrupt, but we won't know until you give the *full* traceback. Do you
get the same results when you try what I did at the interpreter
interactive prompt?

>
The error I received was from the interactive prompt thing.

So I noticed from your first posting. Now do what you were asked: try
what I did.

Is there
some way I can get more verbose information or something that would be
more helpful?
>

Yes, just include the whole traceback!!! Example of what I mean is
below:

| C:\junk>copy con wally.py
| guff = 1 / 0
| ^Z
| 1 file(s) copied.
|
| C:\junk>python
| Python 2.4.3 (#69, Mar 29 2006, 17:35:34) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]
on win32
| Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more
information.
| >>import wally
| Traceback (most recent call last):
| File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?

Your posting appeared truncated when viewed with both Google groups and
in a regular newsreader.
There is no guarantee that the last line shown is the one that caused
the error.
Just as if this example were missing the following lines, we don't know
which
source line caused the error, nor even what the error was!!

| File "wally.py", line 1, in ?
| guff = 1 / 0
| ZeroDivisionErr or: integer division or modulo by zero

HTH,
John

**Pete** · Sep 24 '06, 02:15 AM

Re: HTTP GET Explodes...

John Machin wrote:

Pete wrote:

Fade in to episode II...

...
This is compiling a *constant* regular expression, and works OK on the
Windows distribution of Python 2.4.3 :

Hmmmm. Here's the version information stuff:

Python 2.4.2 (#1, Feb 12 2006, 03:59:46)
[GCC 4.1.0 20060210 (Red Hat 4.1.0-0.24)] on linux2

I'm going to upgrade Python and see if that has any effect...
I'm running this on a Fedora Core 5 box...

...
You appear to be running 2.4.n; what is n, and exactly which *x
platform are you running it on? Perhaps a file in /usr/lib/python2.4 is
corrupt, but we won't know until you give the *full* traceback. Do you
get the same results when you try what I did at the interpreter
interactive prompt?

The error I received was from the interactive prompt thing.

>
So I noticed from your first posting. Now do what you were asked: try
what I did.
>

Is there
some way I can get more verbose information or something that would be
more helpful?

>
Yes, just include the whole traceback!!! Example of what I mean is
below:

Here's my full interactive I/O:

Python 2.4.3 (#1, Jun 13 2006, 11:46:08)
[GCC 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>import httplib
>>conn = httplib.HTTPCon nection("www.py thon.org")
>>conn.request( "GET", "/index.html")

Hello World.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 804, in request
self._send_requ est(method, url, body, headers)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 821, in _send_request
self.putrequest (method, url, **skips)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 752, in putrequest
self.putheader( 'Host', self.host.encod e("idna"))
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/encodings/__init__.py", line 96, in
search_function
globals(), locals(), _import_tail)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/encodings/idna.py", line 6, in ?
dots = re.compile(u"[\u002E\u3002\uF F0E\uFF61]")
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre.py", line 180, in compile
return _compile(patter n, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre.py", line 225, in _compile
p = sre_compile.com pile(pattern, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 500, in compile
code = _code(p, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 481, in _code
_compile_info(c ode, p, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 459, in _compile_info
_compile_charse t(charset, flags, code)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 178, in
_compile_charse t
for op, av in _optimize_chars et(charset, fixup):
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 221, in
_optimize_chars et
return _optimize_unico de(charset, fixup)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 341, in
_optimize_unico de
mapping = array.array('b' , mapping).tostri ng()
TypeError: typecode argument must be a valid type.

>>>

I clipped out stuff that didn't seem relevant. I didn't clip anything
out this time.

There is no guarantee that the last line shown is the one that caused
the error.
Just as if this example were missing the following lines, we don't know
which
source line caused the error, nor even what the error was!!
>
| File "wally.py", line 1, in ?
| guff = 1 / 0
| ZeroDivisionErr or: integer division or modulo by zero
>
HTH,
John

I'm still lost... Were you able to successfully run the GET example at
http://www.python.org/doc/current/li...-examples.html ?

Thanks for your help!
Pete

**John Machin** · Sep 24 '06, 03:05 AM

Re: HTTP GET Explodes...

Pete wrote:

John Machin wrote:

Pete wrote:

Fade in to episode II...
>
...
This is compiling a *constant* regular expression, and works OK on the
Windows distribution of Python 2.4.3 :
>
Hmmmm. Here's the version information stuff:
>
Python 2.4.2 (#1, Feb 12 2006, 03:59:46)
[GCC 4.1.0 20060210 (Red Hat 4.1.0-0.24)] on linux2
>
I'm going to upgrade Python and see if that has any effect...
I'm running this on a Fedora Core 5 box...
>
...
You appear to be running 2.4.n; what is n, and exactly which *x
platform are you running it on? Perhaps a file in /usr/lib/python2.4 is
corrupt, but we won't know until you give the *full* traceback. Do you
get the same results when you try what I did at the interpreter
interactive prompt?
>
The error I received was from the interactive prompt thing.

So I noticed from your first posting. Now do what you were asked: try
what I did.

Is there
some way I can get more verbose information or something that would be
more helpful?
>

Yes, just include the whole traceback!!! Example of what I mean is
below:

>
Here's my full interactive I/O:
>
Python 2.4.3 (#1, Jun 13 2006, 11:46:08)
[GCC 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.

>import httplib
>conn = httplib.HTTPCon nection("www.py thon.org")
>conn.request(" GET", "/index.html")

Hello World.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 804, in request
self._send_requ est(method, url, body, headers)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 821, in _send_request
self.putrequest (method, url, **skips)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/httplib.py", line 752, in putrequest
self.putheader( 'Host', self.host.encod e("idna"))
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/encodings/__init__.py", line 96, in
search_function
globals(), locals(), _import_tail)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/encodings/idna.py", line 6, in ?
dots = re.compile(u"[\u002E\u3002\uF F0E\uFF61]")
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre.py", line 180, in compile
return _compile(patter n, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre.py", line 225, in _compile
p = sre_compile.com pile(pattern, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 500, in compile
code = _code(p, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 481, in _code
_compile_info(c ode, p, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 459, in _compile_info
_compile_charse t(charset, flags, code)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 178, in
_compile_charse t
for op, av in _optimize_chars et(charset, fixup):
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 221, in
_optimize_chars et
return _optimize_unico de(charset, fixup)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/sre_compile.py" , line 341, in
_optimize_unico de
mapping = array.array('b' , mapping).tostri ng()
TypeError: typecode argument must be a valid type.

>>

>

>
I clipped out stuff that didn't seem relevant. I didn't clip anything
out this time.
>

There is no guarantee that the last line shown is the one that caused
the error.
Just as if this example were missing the following lines, we don't know
which
source line caused the error, nor even what the error was!!

| File "wally.py", line 1, in ?
| guff = 1 / 0
| ZeroDivisionErr or: integer division or modulo by zero

HTH,
John

>
I'm still lost... Were you able to successfully run the GET example at
http://www.python.org/doc/current/li...-examples.html ?
>

Yes., but irrelevant -- I was also able (as demonstrated) to do the
re.compile(cons tant) thing that was part-way down the traceback.

Moving right along:
1. The Hello World thing is really worrying.
2. The error message "typecode argument must be a valid type" doesn't
occur *anywhere* in the 2.4.3 source AFAICT. The string "typecode"
appears in only 2 modules, array and some Mac gadget. 'b' is a valid
typecode. The expected error message for invalid typecodes is:
Modules\arraymo dule.c(1874): "bad typecode (must be c, b, B, u, h, H,
i, I, l, L, f or d)");

I checked in the Python subversion/cvs repository: it looked like that
(maybe fewer valid typecodes) back in the year 2000. It still looks
like that (latest revision: 24 August).

Conclusion: Your Python installation is well and truly stuffed. You
need advice from someone who knows how Python is set up for and
installed on your platform.

Good luck!
John

**Pete** · Sep 24 '06, 04:55 AM

Re: HTTP GET Explodes...

Python 2.4.3 (#1, Jun 13 2006, 11:46:08)

[GCC 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>import httplib
>>conn = httplib.HTTPCon nection("www.py thon.org")
>>conn.request( "GET", "/index.html")

Hello World.

>
Off-hand -- I'd suggest you do a search of your computer for any
occurrence of
httplib.py
httplib.pyc
httplib.pyo
on the odd chance that you are picking up some corrupted version...

Problem solved (sort of...). I searched for "httplib*". I had some
cygwin stuff archived on my Linux box, but the cygwin stuff wasn't in
my search path, but on an odd chance I renamed the cygwin httplib*
files to something else. Problem persisted. On another odd chance I
fired up "python" as root, plugged in the example at
http://www.python.org/doc/current/li...-examples.html, and things
were clicking... There was a problem with "r2", but that was
understandable. ..

In my confused state I created a new user, fired up python, slung the
example code, and had no problem (except for "r2", but that was
understandable) .

So, I looked at my search path under the account that was experiencing
the problem. That wasn't it... Then I'm thinking there's an
environmental variable causing this. Too many to work right now. Will
investigate later.

So, the problem lies somewhere in the account running Python... Not
sure how/why...

Thanks to all!,
Pete

>
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
PythonWin 2.4.3 (#69, Apr 11 2006, 15:32:42) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]
on win32.
Portions Copyright 1994-2004 Mark Hammond (mhammond@skipp inet.com.au) -
see 'Help/About PythonWin' for further copyright information.

>import httplib
>conn = httplib.HTTPCon nection("www.py thon.org")
>conn.request(" GET", "/index.html")
>resp = conn.getrespons e()
>print resp.getheaders ()

[('content-length', '12196'), ('accept-ranges', 'bytes'), ('server',
'Apache/2.0.54 (Debian GNU/Linux) DAV/2 SVN/1.1.4 mod_python/3.1.3
Python/2.3.5 mod_ssl/2.0.54 OpenSSL/0.9.7e'), ('last-modified', 'Sat, 23
Sep 2006 23:49:01 GMT'), ('etag', '"61b82-2fa4-99e01540"'), ('date',
'Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:26:30 GMT'), ('content-type', 'text/html')]

>print resp.read()

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dt d">
<html lang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="content-type" />
--
Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber KD6MOG
wlfraed@ix.netc om.com wulfraed@bestia ria.com

HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/

(Bestiaria Support Staff: web-asst@bestiaria. com)
HTTP://www.bestiaria.com/

**Pete** · Sep 24 '06, 04:55 AM

Re: HTTP GET Explodes...

Python 2.4.3 (#1, Jun 13 2006, 11:46:08)

[GCC 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>import httplib
>>conn = httplib.HTTPCon nection("www.py thon.org")
>>conn.request( "GET", "/index.html")

Hello World.

>
Off-hand -- I'd suggest you do a search of your computer for any
occurrence of
httplib.py
httplib.pyc
httplib.pyo
on the odd chance that you are picking up some corrupted version...

Problem solved (sort of...). I searched for "httplib*". I had some
cygwin stuff archived on my Linux box, but the cygwin stuff wasn't in
my search path, but on an odd chance I renamed the cygwin httplib*
files to something else. Problem persisted. On another odd chance I
fired up "python" as root, plugged in the example at
http://www.python.org/doc/current/li...-examples.html, and things
were clicking... There was a problem with "r2", but that was
understandable. ..

In my confused state I created a new user, fired up python, slung the
example code, and had no problem (except for "r2", but that was
understandable) .

So, I looked at my search path under the account that was experiencing
the problem. That wasn't it... Then I'm thinking there's an
environmental variable causing this. Too many to work right now. Will
investigate later.

So, the problem lies somewhere in the account running Python... Not
sure how/why...

Thanks to all!,
Pete

>
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
PythonWin 2.4.3 (#69, Apr 11 2006, 15:32:42) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]
on win32.
Portions Copyright 1994-2004 Mark Hammond (mhammond@skipp inet.com.au) -
see 'Help/About PythonWin' for further copyright information.

>import httplib
>conn = httplib.HTTPCon nection("www.py thon.org")
>conn.request(" GET", "/index.html")
>resp = conn.getrespons e()
>print resp.getheaders ()

[('content-length', '12196'), ('accept-ranges', 'bytes'), ('server',
'Apache/2.0.54 (Debian GNU/Linux) DAV/2 SVN/1.1.4 mod_python/3.1.3
Python/2.3.5 mod_ssl/2.0.54 OpenSSL/0.9.7e'), ('last-modified', 'Sat, 23
Sep 2006 23:49:01 GMT'), ('etag', '"61b82-2fa4-99e01540"'), ('date',
'Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:26:30 GMT'), ('content-type', 'text/html')]

>print resp.read()

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dt d">
<html lang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="content-type" />
--
Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber KD6MOG
wlfraed@ix.netc om.com wulfraed@bestia ria.com

HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/

(Bestiaria Support Staff: web-asst@bestiaria. com)
HTTP://www.bestiaria.com/

**John Machin** · Sep 24 '06, 06:45 AM

Re: HTTP GET Explodes...

Pete wrote:

Python 2.4.3 (#1, Jun 13 2006, 11:46:08)
[GCC 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.
>import httplib
>conn = httplib.HTTPCon nection("www.py thon.org")
>conn.request(" GET", "/index.html")
Hello World.

Off-hand -- I'd suggest you do a search of your computer for any
occurrence of
httplib.py
httplib.pyc
httplib.pyo
on the odd chance that you are picking up some corrupted version...

>

Don't search; just open the lid and read the label that's tied around
the culprit's neck; example:

| >>import httplib
| >>httplib.__fil e__
| 'c:\\python24\\ lib\\httplib.py c'

If you want to see where it finds *everything* that's imported, run
Python with the -v arg.
If you want to see where it looks for each module imported, use -vv
(that's vee vee, not dubya).

HTH,
John

HTH,
John

**MonkeeSage** · Sep 24 '06, 11:55 AM

Re: HTTP GET Explodes...

Pete wrote:

So, I looked at my search path under the account that was experiencing
the problem. That wasn't it... Then I'm thinking there's an
environmental variable causing this. Too many to work right now. Will
investigate later.

You can see all environment variables with the declare command:

$ declare
BASH=/bin/bash
BASH_ARGC=()
BASH_ARGV=()
....
XTERM_SHELL=/bin/bash
XTERM_VERSION=' XTerm(220)'
_=declare

Regards,
Jordan

**Pete** · Sep 24 '06, 03:45 PM

Re: HTTP GET Explodes...

Python 2.4.3 (#1, Jun 13 2006, 11:46:08)

[GCC 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>import httplib
>>conn = httplib.HTTPCon nection("www.py thon.org")
>>conn.request( "GET", "/index.html")
Hello World.
>
Off-hand -- I'd suggest you do a search of your computer for any
occurrence of
httplib.py
httplib.pyc
httplib.pyo
on the odd chance that you are picking up some corrupted version...

>
Don't search; just open the lid and read the label that's tied around
the culprit's neck; example:
>
| >>import httplib
| >>httplib.__fil e__
| 'c:\\python24\\ lib\\httplib.py c'
>
If you want to see where it finds *everything* that's imported, run
Python with the -v arg.
If you want to see where it looks for each module imported, use -vv
(that's vee vee, not dubya).
>
HTH,
John
>
HTH,
John

Thanks to all for your assistance. Not sure what the problem was, but
the problem no longer exists. In an attempt to track down the
environmental variables I rebooted the system a few times and the
example code I was working with does indeed work on my system.

After upgrading python I exited my interactive session and jumped back
in to an interactive session which displayed the new python version
number. Experienced problems. Now, no problems. Not sure what made the
problem(s) go away... Very odd...
--
Pete

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