On 29 Nov, 22:32, TheSeeker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 29, 3:13 pm, mcl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I have been given a url ofCSVfile (http://hostname/dir/file.csv), > > which when I put the full URL in a web browser shows the contents of > > the file. > > > I want to be able to use theCSVmodule to read that file, which I > > have successfully used with a localCSVfile. > > > Any examples anywhere would be appreciated. > > > My basic research suggests URLLIB, but I can not find a suitable > > example. > > > I do not understand what additional information, needs to be given to > > the remote site in order for it to expose the contents of the file as > > though I was reading it locally. > > > Do I need to copy it to my local machine or can I read it directly > > from the remote site. > > > As you can probably tell, I have never done anything like this, so any > > help will be gratefully received. > > > Thanks > > > Richard > > -----untested------ > > import urllib,csv > > fp_page = urllib.urlopen("http://URL_of_file") > reader =csv.reader(fp_page) > for row in reader: > print row > > Duane
Duane, Brilliant - I had fears of much more complication. Thank you very much Richard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list