python http protocol

[allavarapu]

Hi
This is the program .
[CODE=python]
import sys, httplib
showlines = 6
try:
servername, filename = sys.argv[1:] # cmdline args?
except:
servername, filename = 'starship.pytho n.net', '/index.html'
print servername, filename
server = httplib.HTTP(se rvername) # connect to http site/server
server.putreque st('GET', filename) # send request and headers
server.putheade r('Accept', 'text/html') # POST requests work here too
server.endheade rs( ) # as do CGI script filenames
errcode, errmsh, replyheader = server.getreply ( ) # read reply info headers
if errcode != 200: # 200 means success
print 'Error sending request', errcode
else:
file = server.getfile( ) # file obj for data received
data = file.readlines( )
file.close( ) # show lines with eoln at end
for line in data[:showlines]: print line, # to save, write data to file

[/CODE]

I got this error

starship.python.net /index.html
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "http_test.py", line 11, in ?
    server.endheaders()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/httplib.py", line 712, in endheaders
    self._send_output()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/httplib.py", line 597, in _send_output
    self.send(msg)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/httplib.py", line 564, in send
    self.connect()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/httplib.py", line 532, in connect
    socket.SOCK_STREAM):
socket.gaierror: (-2, 'Name or service not known')

please solve the problem


thanks

[bartonc]

I'm not sure if the "http" is required or if you've got the slash in the right place:
http://starship.python .net/crew/index.html may need:
"http://starship.python .net/crew/", "index.html " or some other combination thereof.