Why can't I get Python's urlopen() method to work?
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Why isn't this simple Python code working?
import urllib
file = urllib.urlopen('http://www.google.com')
print file.read()
This is the error that I get:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\workspace\GarchUpdate\src\Practice.py", line 26, in <module>
    file = urllib.urlopen('http://www.google.com')
  File "C:\Python26\lib\urllib.py", line 87, in urlopen
    return opener.open(url)
  File "C:\Python26\lib\urllib.py", line 206, in open
    return getattr(self, name)(url)
  File "C:\Python26\lib\urllib.py", line 345, in open_http
    h.endheaders()
  File "C:\Python26\lib\httplib.py", line 892, in endheaders
    self._send_output()
  File "C:\Python26\lib\httplib.py", line 764, in _send_output
    self.send(msg)
  File "C:\Python26\lib\httplib.py", line 723, in send
    self.connect()
  File "C:\Python26\lib\httplib.py", line 704, in connect
    self.timeout)
  File "C:\Python26\lib\socket.py", line 514, in create_connection
    raise error, msg
IOError: [Errno socket error] [Errno 10060] A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond
I've tried it with several different pages but I can never get the urlopen method to execute correctly.
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