"No backend servers available" using httplib

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Henrik Lied a écrit :
> 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,

If it was, you should have a full traceback then.

> or
> could it be an error in the requested external resource?


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

 From the recipe's code and the message, looks like you're connecting to 
(or via) a proxy which fails to relay to the real server.