"No backend servers available" using httplib

[Henrik Lied]

Hi there!

I'm using a recipe found on ASPN [1] to upload some data to an
external server.

The request fails, and all I get in response is "No backend servers
available".

So I'm wondering: Is this a known exception-message in httplib, or
could it be an error in the requested external resource?

[1]: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/146306

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Thanks,
Henrik