Check your connection to the internet.
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Marcus Wanner <marc...@cox.net> wrote:
> On 8/1/2009 11:31 AM, Jon Clements wrote:
>
>> On 1 Aug, 14:52, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
>>
>>> tarun wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>> I want to read a webpage and copy the contents of it in word file. I
>>>> tried to write following code:
>>>> import urllib2
>>>> urllib2.urlopen("http://www.rediff.com/";)
>>>> *Error:-*
>>>> urllib2.urlopen("http://www.icicibank.com/";)
>>>> File "C:\Python25\lib\urllib2.py", line 121, in urlopen
>>>> return _opener.open(url, data)
>>>> File "C:\Python25\lib\urllib2.py", line 374, in open
>>>> response = self._open(req, data)
>>>> File "C:\Python25\lib\urllib2.py", line 392, in _open
>>>> '_open', req)
>>>> File "C:\Python25\lib\urllib2.py", line 353, in _call_chain
>>>> result = func(*args)
>>>> File "C:\Python25\lib\urllib2.py", line 1100, in http_open
>>>> return self.do_open(httplib.HTTPConnection, req)
>>>> File "C:\Python25\lib\urllib2.py", line 1075, in do_open
>>>> raise URLError(err)
>>>> urllib2.URLError: <urlopen error (11001, 'getaddrinfo failed')>
>>>>
>>> I've just tried it. I didn't get an exception, so your problem must be
>>> elsewhere.
>>>
>>
>> I'm hoping this adds to MRAB's reply; it is intended however for the
>> OP.
>>
>> Jeeze -- been a while since I've had to deal with Sockets (directly
>> anyway).
>> If memory serves correctly, it's where the system can't name resolve
>> the required address.
>> So best guess is it's either a temporary glitch, or an issue with your
>> routing.
>>
>> Jon.
>> Jon.
>>
>
> 'getaddrinfo failed' means that the nameserver can't be found, or that it
> has no records of that address (I'm 90% sure of that).
>
> Marcus
>
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