https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fbcac799518e0cb29fcf5f84ed1fa001010b9073
commit: fbcac799518e0cb29fcf5f84ed1fa001010b9073
branch: main
author: Bob Kline <[email protected]>
committer: zware <[email protected]>
date: 2025-11-12T12:25:23-06:00
summary:
gh-141412: Use reliable target URL for urllib example (GH-141428)
The endpoint used for demonstrating reading URLs is no longer
stable. This change substitutes a target over which we have more
control.
files:
M Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst
index 49a3e370a4c018..342c1a00193959 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst
@@ -183,13 +183,13 @@ protocols. Two of the simplest are :mod:`urllib.request`
for retrieving data
from URLs and :mod:`smtplib` for sending mail::
>>> from urllib.request import urlopen
- >>> with urlopen('http://worldtimeapi.org/api/timezone/etc/UTC.txt') as
response:
+ >>> with urlopen('https://docs.python.org/3/') as response:
... for line in response:
... line = line.decode() # Convert bytes to a str
- ... if line.startswith('datetime'):
+ ... if 'updated' in line:
... print(line.rstrip()) # Remove trailing newline
...
- datetime: 2022-01-01T01:36:47.689215+00:00
+ Last updated on Nov 11, 2025 (20:11 UTC).
>>> import smtplib
>>> server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
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