[Tutor] encoding question

[Danny Yoo]

Hi Alex,


According to:

    http://www.hostip.info/use.html

there is a JSON-based interface.  I'd recommend using that one!  JSON
is a format that's easy for machines to decode.  The format you're
parsing is primarily for humans, and who knows if that will change in
the future to make it easier to read?

Not only is JSON probably more reliable to parse, but the code itself
should be fairly straightforward.  For example:

#########################################################
## In Python 2.7
##
>>> import json
>>> import urllib
>>> response = urllib.urlopen('http://api.hostip.info/get_json.php')
>>> info = json.load(response)
>>> info
{u'country_name': u'UNITED STATES', u'city': u'Mountain View, CA',
u'country_code': u'US', u'ip': u'216.239.45.81'}
#########################################################


Best of wishes!