Get entire web page?

[Steve Holden]

Whatdoesthisbuttondo? wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to write a script so that I can do a throughput test for a
> firewall/proxy.  I know how to grab the text of a page, what I'm not
> sure about is how to get all of the referenced graphics.
> Any help or pointers existing python code would definitely be
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
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The htmllib module allows you to parse the returned HTML, and you need
to handle the images.  This means writing a subclass of HTMLParser
which overrides (defines its own) handle_image method: the parser will
call handle_image each time it processes an image tag.  From the 1.5.2
docs:

handle_image (source, alt[, ismap[, align[, width[, height]]]]) 
	This method is called to handle images. The default implementation
	simply passes the alt value to the handle_data() method. 

It's scary the first time you do it, but turns out to be quite simple
if you overcome your fear.  Good luck!

By the way:  DON'T TOUCH THAT BUTTON!  ;-)

regards
 Steve
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