URL as input -> "IOError: [Errno 2] The system cannot find the path specified"
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
bj_666 at gmx.net
Fri Oct 24 14:02:45 EDT 2008
On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:56:04 +0200, Gilles Ganault wrote:
> I'm trying to use urllib to download web pages with the GET method, but
> Python 2.5.1 on Windows turns the URL into something funny:
>
> ========
> url = "amazon.fr/search/index.php?url=search"
This "URL" lacks the protocol! Correct would be http://amazon.fr… (I
guess).
> [...]
>
> IOError: [Errno 2] The system cannot find the path specified:
> 'amazon.fr\\search\\index.php?url=search'
Without protocol it seems that the 'file://' protocol is used and there
is no such file on your system.
Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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