Downloading a picture via urllib and python
So I’m trying to make a Python script that downloads webcomics and puts them in a folder on my desktop. I’ve found a … Read more
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How to send POST request?
I found this script online: import httplib, urllib params = urllib.urlencode({‘number’: 12524, ‘type’: ‘issue’, ‘action’: ‘show’}) headers = {“Content-type”: “application/x-www-form-urlencoded”, “Accept”: “text/plain”} conn … Read more
How can I percent-encode URL parameters in Python?
If I do url = “http://example.com?p=” + urllib.quote(query) It doesn’t encode / to %2F (breaks OAuth normalization) It doesn’t handle Unicode (it throws … Read more
urllib and “SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED” Error
I am getting the following error: Exception in thread Thread-3: Traceback (most recent call last): File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/threading.py”, line 810, in __bootstrap_inner self.run() File … Read more
UnicodeEncodeError: ‘charmap’ codec can’t encode characters
I’m trying to scrape a website, but it gives me an error. I’m using the following code: import urllib.request from bs4 import BeautifulSoup … Read more
How to urlencode a querystring in Python?
I am trying to urlencode this string before I submit. queryString = ‘eventName=” + evt.fields[“eventName”] + “&’ + ‘eventDescription=’ + evt.fields[“eventDescription”]; 14 s … Read more
What are the differences between the urllib, urllib2, urllib3 and requests module?
In Python, what are the differences between the urllib, urllib2, urllib3 and requests modules? Why are there three? They seem to do the … Read more
How to download a file over HTTP?
I have a small utility that I use to download an MP3 file from a website on a schedule and then builds/updates a … Read more