Re: Download excel file from web?
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 1:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 6:05 pm, Guilherme Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 9:39 PM, MRAB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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On Jul 28, 4:20 pm, Guilherme Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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On Jul 28, 3:52 pm, Guilherme Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 7:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL
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On Jul 28, 3:33 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:29 pm, Diez B. Roggisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
On Jul 28, 3:00 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hi - experienced programmer but this is my first Python
program.
This URL will retrieve an excel spreadsheet containing (that
day's)
msci stock index returns.
http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/excel?priceLevel=0scope=0;...
Want to write python to download and save the file.
So far I've arrived at this:
[quote]
# import pdb
import urllib2
from win32com.client import Dispatch
xlApp = Dispatch(Excel.Application)
# test 1
# xlApp.Workbooks.Add()
# xlApp.ActiveSheet.Cells(1,1).Value = 'A'
# xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(2,1).Value = 'B'
# xlBook = xlApp.ActiveWorkbook
# xlBook.SaveAs(Filename='C:\\test.xls')
# pdb.set_trace()
response =
urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional')
# test 2 - returns check = False
check_for_data =
urllib2.Request('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/
indexperf/excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').has_data()
xlApp = response.fp
print(response.fp.name)
print(xlApp.name)
xlApp.write
xlApp.Close
[/quote]
Woops hit Send when I wanted Preview. Looks like the html
[quote] tag
doesn't work from groups.google.com (nice).
Anway, in test 1 above, I determined how to instantiate an
excel
object; put some stuff in it; then save to disk.
So, in theory, I'm retrieving my excel spreadsheet with
response = urllib2.urlopen()
Except what then do I do with this?
Well for one read some of the urllib2 documentation and found
the
Request class with the method has_data() on it. It returns
False.
Hmm that's not encouraging.
I supposed the trick to understand what urllib2.urlopen is
returning
to me; rummage around in there; and hopefully find my excel
file.
I use pdb to debug. This is interesting:
(Pdb) dir(response)
['__doc__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__module__', '__repr__',
'close',
'code', '
fileno', 'fp', 'geturl', 'headers', 'info', 'msg', 'next',
'read',
'readline', '
readlines', 'url']
(Pdb)
I suppose the members with __*_ are methods; and the names
without the
underbars are attributes (variables) (?).
No, these are the names of all attributes and methods. read is
a method,
for example.
right - I got it backwards.
Or maybe this isn't at all the right direction to take (maybe
there
are much better modules to do this stuff). Would be happy to
learn if
that's the case (and if that gets the job done for me).
The docs (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-urllib2.html) are
pretty
clear on this:
This function returns a file-like object with two additional
methods:
And then for file-like objects:
http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin-file-objects.html
read( [size])
Read at most size bytes from the file (less if the read
hits EOF
before obtaining size bytes). If the size argument is negative
or
omitted, read all data until EOF is reached. The bytes are
returned as a
string object. An empty string is returned when EOF is
encountered
immediately. (For certain files, like ttys, it makes sense to
continue
reading after an EOF is hit.) Note that this method may call the
underlying C function fread() more than once in an effort to
acquire as
close to size bytes as possible. Also note that when in
non-blocking
mode, less data than what was requested may be returned, even
if no size
parameter was given.
Diez
Just stumbled upon .read:
Download excel file from web?
Hi - experienced programmer but this is my first Python program.
This URL will retrieve an excel spreadsheet containing (that day's)
msci stock index returns.
http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/excel?priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional
Want to write python to download and save the file.
So far I've arrived at this:
[quote]
# import pdb
import urllib2
from win32com.client import Dispatch
xlApp = Dispatch(Excel.Application)
# test 1
# xlApp.Workbooks.Add()
# xlApp.ActiveSheet.Cells(1,1).Value = 'A'
# xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(2,1).Value = 'B'
# xlBook = xlApp.ActiveWorkbook
# xlBook.SaveAs(Filename='C:\\test.xls')
# pdb.set_trace()
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional')
# test 2 - returns check = False
check_for_data = urllib2.Request('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/
indexperf/excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').has_data()
xlApp = response.fp
print(response.fp.name)
print(xlApp.name)
xlApp.write
xlApp.Close
[/quote]
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Re: Download excel file from web?
On Jul 28, 3:00 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi - experienced programmer but this is my first Python program.
This URL will retrieve an excel spreadsheet containing (that day's)
msci stock index returns.
http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/excel?priceLevel=0scope=0;...
Want to write python to download and save the file.
So far I've arrived at this:
[quote]
# import pdb
import urllib2
from win32com.client import Dispatch
xlApp = Dispatch(Excel.Application)
# test 1
# xlApp.Workbooks.Add()
# xlApp.ActiveSheet.Cells(1,1).Value = 'A'
# xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(2,1).Value = 'B'
# xlBook = xlApp.ActiveWorkbook
# xlBook.SaveAs(Filename='C:\\test.xls')
# pdb.set_trace()
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional')
# test 2 - returns check = False
check_for_data = urllib2.Request('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/
indexperf/excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').has_data()
xlApp = response.fp
print(response.fp.name)
print(xlApp.name)
xlApp.write
xlApp.Close
[/quote]
Woops hit Send when I wanted Preview. Looks like the html [quote] tag
doesn't work from groups.google.com (nice).
Anway, in test 1 above, I determined how to instantiate an excel
object; put some stuff in it; then save to disk.
So, in theory, I'm retrieving my excel spreadsheet with
response = urllib2.urlopen()
Except what then do I do with this?
Well for one read some of the urllib2 documentation and found the
Request class with the method has_data() on it. It returns False.
Hmm that's not encouraging.
I supposed the trick to understand what urllib2.urlopen is returning
to me; rummage around in there; and hopefully find my excel file.
I use pdb to debug. This is interesting:
(Pdb) dir(response)
['__doc__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__module__', '__repr__', 'close',
'code', '
fileno', 'fp', 'geturl', 'headers', 'info', 'msg', 'next', 'read',
'readline', '
readlines', 'url']
(Pdb)
I suppose the members with __*_ are methods; and the names without the
underbars are attributes (variables) (?).
Or maybe this isn't at all the right direction to take (maybe there
are much better modules to do this stuff). Would be happy to learn if
that's the case (and if that gets the job done for me).
pat
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Re: Download excel file from web?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
On Jul 28, 3:00 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi - experienced programmer but this is my first Python program.
This URL will retrieve an excel spreadsheet containing (that day's)
msci stock index returns.
http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/excel?priceLevel=0scope=0;...
Want to write python to download and save the file.
So far I've arrived at this:
[quote]
# import pdb
import urllib2
from win32com.client import Dispatch
xlApp = Dispatch(Excel.Application)
# test 1
# xlApp.Workbooks.Add()
# xlApp.ActiveSheet.Cells(1,1).Value = 'A'
# xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(2,1).Value = 'B'
# xlBook = xlApp.ActiveWorkbook
# xlBook.SaveAs(Filename='C:\\test.xls')
# pdb.set_trace()
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional')
# test 2 - returns check = False
check_for_data = urllib2.Request('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/
indexperf/excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').has_data()
xlApp = response.fp
print(response.fp.name)
print(xlApp.name)
xlApp.write
xlApp.Close
[/quote]
Woops hit Send when I wanted Preview. Looks like the html [quote] tag
doesn't work from groups.google.com (nice).
Anway, in test 1 above, I determined how to instantiate an excel
object; put some stuff in it; then save to disk.
So, in theory, I'm retrieving my excel spreadsheet with
response = urllib2.urlopen()
Except what then do I do with this?
Well for one read some of the urllib2 documentation and found the
Request class with the method has_data() on it. It returns False.
Hmm that's not encouraging.
I supposed the trick to understand what urllib2.urlopen is returning
to me; rummage around in there; and hopefully find my excel file.
I use pdb to debug. This is interesting:
(Pdb) dir(response)
['__doc__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__module__', '__repr__', 'close',
'code', '
fileno', 'fp', 'geturl', 'headers', 'info', 'msg', 'next', 'read',
'readline', '
readlines', 'url']
(Pdb)
I suppose the members with __*_ are methods; and the names without the
underbars are attributes (variables) (?).
No, these are the names of all attributes and methods. read is a method,
for example.
Or maybe this isn't at all the right direction to take (maybe there
are much better modules to do this stuff). Would be happy to learn if
that's the case (and if that gets the job done for me).
The docs (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-urllib2.html) are pretty
clear on this:
This function returns a file-like object with two additional methods:
And then for file-like objects:
http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin-file-objects.html
read( [size])
Read at most size bytes from the file (less if the read hits EOF
before obtaining size bytes). If the size argument is negative or
omitted, read all data until EOF is reached. The bytes are returned as a
string object. An empty string is returned when EOF is encountered
immediately. (For certain files, like ttys, it makes sense to continue
reading after an EOF is hit.) Note that this method may call the
underlying C function fread() more than once in an effort to acquire as
close to size bytes as possible. Also note that when in non-blocking
mode, less data than what was requested may be returned, even if no size
parameter was given.
Diez
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Re: Download excel file from web?
On Jul 28, 3:29 pm, Diez B. Roggisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
On Jul 28, 3:00 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi - experienced programmer but this is my first Python program.
This URL will retrieve an excel spreadsheet containing (that day's)
msci stock index returns.
http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/excel?priceLevel=0scope=0;...
Want to write python to download and save the file.
So far I've arrived at this:
[quote]
# import pdb
import urllib2
from win32com.client import Dispatch
xlApp = Dispatch(Excel.Application)
# test 1
# xlApp.Workbooks.Add()
# xlApp.ActiveSheet.Cells(1,1).Value = 'A'
# xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(2,1).Value = 'B'
# xlBook = xlApp.ActiveWorkbook
# xlBook.SaveAs(Filename='C:\\test.xls')
# pdb.set_trace()
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional')
# test 2 - returns check = False
check_for_data = urllib2.Request('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/
indexperf/excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').has_data()
xlApp = response.fp
print(response.fp.name)
print(xlApp.name)
xlApp.write
xlApp.Close
[/quote]
Woops hit Send when I wanted Preview. Looks like the html [quote] tag
doesn't work from groups.google.com (nice).
Anway, in test 1 above, I determined how to instantiate an excel
object; put some stuff in it; then save to disk.
So, in theory, I'm retrieving my excel spreadsheet with
response = urllib2.urlopen()
Except what then do I do with this?
Well for one read some of the urllib2 documentation and found the
Request class with the method has_data() on it. It returns False.
Hmm that's not encouraging.
I supposed the trick to understand what urllib2.urlopen is returning
to me; rummage around in there; and hopefully find my excel file.
I use pdb to debug. This is interesting:
(Pdb) dir(response)
['__doc__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__module__', '__repr__', 'close',
'code', '
fileno', 'fp', 'geturl', 'headers', 'info', 'msg', 'next', 'read',
'readline', '
readlines', 'url']
(Pdb)
I suppose the members with __*_ are methods; and the names without the
underbars are attributes (variables) (?).
No, these are the names of all attributes and methods. read is a method,
for example.
right - I got it backwards.
Or maybe this isn't at all the right direction to take (maybe there
are much better modules to do this stuff). Would be happy to learn if
that's the case (and if that gets the job done for me).
The docs (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-urllib2.html) are pretty
clear on this:
This function returns a file-like object with two additional methods:
And then for file-like objects:
http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin-file-objects.html
read( [size])
Read at most size bytes from the file (less if the read hits EOF
before obtaining size bytes). If the size argument is negative or
omitted, read all data until EOF is reached. The bytes are returned as a
string object. An empty string is returned when EOF is encountered
immediately. (For certain files, like ttys, it makes sense to continue
reading after an EOF is hit.) Note that this method may call the
underlying C function fread() more than once in an effort to acquire as
close to size bytes as possible. Also note that when in non-blocking
mode, less data than what was requested may be returned, even if no size
parameter was given.
Diez
Just stumbled upon .read:
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').read
Now the question is: what to do with this? I'll look at the
documentation that you point to.
thanx - pat
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Re: Download excel file from web?
On Jul 28, 3:33 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:29 pm, Diez B. Roggisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
On Jul 28, 3:00 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi - experienced programmer but this is my first Python program.
This URL will retrieve an excel spreadsheet containing (that day's)
msci stock index returns.
http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/excel?priceLevel=0scope=0;...
Want to write python to download and save the file.
So far I've arrived at this:
[quote]
# import pdb
import urllib2
from win32com.client import Dispatch
xlApp = Dispatch(Excel.Application)
# test 1
# xlApp.Workbooks.Add()
# xlApp.ActiveSheet.Cells(1,1).Value = 'A'
# xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(2,1).Value = 'B'
# xlBook = xlApp.ActiveWorkbook
# xlBook.SaveAs(Filename='C:\\test.xls')
# pdb.set_trace()
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional')
# test 2 - returns check = False
check_for_data = urllib2.Request('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/
indexperf/excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').has_data()
xlApp = response.fp
print(response.fp.name)
print(xlApp.name)
xlApp.write
xlApp.Close
[/quote]
Woops hit Send when I wanted Preview. Looks like the html [quote] tag
doesn't work from groups.google.com (nice).
Anway, in test 1 above, I determined how to instantiate an excel
object; put some stuff in it; then save to disk.
So, in theory, I'm retrieving my excel spreadsheet with
response = urllib2.urlopen()
Except what then do I do with this?
Well for one read some of the urllib2 documentation and found the
Request class with the method has_data() on it. It returns False.
Hmm that's not encouraging.
I supposed the trick to understand what urllib2.urlopen is returning
to me; rummage around in there; and hopefully find my excel file.
I use pdb to debug. This is interesting:
(Pdb) dir(response)
['__doc__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__module__', '__repr__', 'close',
'code', '
fileno', 'fp', 'geturl', 'headers', 'info', 'msg', 'next', 'read',
'readline', '
readlines', 'url']
(Pdb)
I suppose the members with __*_ are methods; and the names without the
underbars are attributes (variables) (?).
No, these are the names of all attributes and methods. read is a method,
for example.
right - I got it backwards.
Or maybe this isn't at all the right direction to take (maybe there
are much better modules to do this stuff). Would be happy to learn if
that's the case (and if that gets the job done for me).
The docs (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-urllib2.html) are pretty
clear on this:
This function returns a file-like object with two additional methods:
And then for file-like objects:
http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin-file-objects.html
read( [size])
Read at most size bytes from the file (less if the read hits EOF
before obtaining size bytes). If the size argument is negative or
omitted, read all data until EOF is reached. The bytes are returned as a
string object. An empty string is returned when EOF is encountered
immediately. (For certain files, like ttys, it makes sense to continue
reading after an EOF is hit.) Note that this method may call the
underlying C function fread() more than once in an effort to acquire as
close to size bytes as possible. Also note that when in non-blocking
mode, less data than what was requested may be returned, even if no size
parameter was given.
Diez
Just stumbled upon .read:
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').read
Now the question is: what to do with this? I'll look at the
documentation that you point to.
thanx - pat
Or rather (next iteration):
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').read(100)
The file is generally something like 26 KB so specifying 1,000,000
seems like a good idea (first approximation).
And then when I do:
print(response)
I get a whole lot of garbage (and some non-garbage), so I know I'm
onto something.
When I read the .read documentation further, it says that read() has
returned the data as a string object. Now - how do I convince Python
that the string object is in fact an excel file - and save it to disk?
pat
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Re: Download excel file from web?
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 7:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:33 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:29 pm, Diez B. Roggisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
On Jul 28, 3:00 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi - experienced programmer but this is my first Python program.
This URL will retrieve an excel spreadsheet containing (that day's)
msci stock index returns.
http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/excel?priceLevel=0scope=0;...
Want to write python to download and save the file.
So far I've arrived at this:
[quote]
# import pdb
import urllib2
from win32com.client import Dispatch
xlApp = Dispatch(Excel.Application)
# test 1
# xlApp.Workbooks.Add()
# xlApp.ActiveSheet.Cells(1,1).Value = 'A'
# xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(2,1).Value = 'B'
# xlBook = xlApp.ActiveWorkbook
# xlBook.SaveAs(Filename='C:\\test.xls')
# pdb.set_trace()
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional')
# test 2 - returns check = False
check_for_data = urllib2.Request('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/
indexperf/excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').has_data()
xlApp = response.fp
print(response.fp.name)
print(xlApp.name)
xlApp.write
xlApp.Close
[/quote]
Woops hit Send when I wanted Preview. Looks like the html [quote] tag
doesn't work from groups.google.com (nice).
Anway, in test 1 above, I determined how to instantiate an excel
object; put some stuff in it; then save to disk.
So, in theory, I'm retrieving my excel spreadsheet with
response = urllib2.urlopen()
Except what then do I do with this?
Well for one read some of the urllib2 documentation and found the
Request class with the method has_data() on it. It returns False.
Hmm that's not encouraging.
I supposed the trick to understand what urllib2.urlopen is returning
to me; rummage around in there; and hopefully find my excel file.
I use pdb to debug. This is interesting:
(Pdb) dir(response)
['__doc__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__module__', '__repr__', 'close',
'code', '
fileno', 'fp', 'geturl', 'headers', 'info', 'msg', 'next', 'read',
'readline', '
readlines', 'url']
(Pdb)
I suppose the members with __*_ are methods; and the names without the
underbars are attributes (variables) (?).
No, these are the names of all attributes and methods. read is a method,
for example.
right - I got it backwards.
Or maybe this isn't at all the right direction to take (maybe there
are much better modules to do this stuff). Would be happy to learn if
that's the case (and if that gets the job done for me).
The docs (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-urllib2.html) are pretty
clear on this:
This function returns a file-like object with two additional methods:
And then for file-like objects:
http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin-file-objects.html
read( [size])
Read at most size bytes from the file (less if the read hits EOF
before obtaining size bytes). If the size argument is negative or
omitted, read all data until EOF is reached. The bytes are returned as a
string object. An empty string is returned when EOF is encountered
immediately. (For certain files, like ttys, it makes sense to continue
reading after an EOF is hit.) Note that this method may call the
underlying C function fread() more than once in an effort to acquire as
close to size bytes as possible. Also note that when in non-blocking
mode, less data than what was requested may be returned, even if no size
parameter was given.
Diez
Just stumbled upon .read:
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').read
Now the question is: what to do with this? I'll look at the
documentation that you point to.
thanx - pat
Or rather (next iteration):
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').read(100)
The file is generally something like 26 KB so specifying 1,000,000
seems like a good idea (first approximation).
And then when I do:
print(response)
I get a whole lot of garbage (and some non-garbage), so I know I'm
onto something.
When I read the .read documentation further, it says that read() has
returned the data as a string object. Now - how do I convince Python
that the string object is in fact an excel file - and save it to disk?
You don't need to convince Python,
Re: Download excel file from web?
On Jul 28, 3:52 pm, Guilherme Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 7:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:33 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:29 pm, Diez B. Roggisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
On Jul 28, 3:00 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi - experienced programmer but this is my first Python program.
This URL will retrieve an excel spreadsheet containing (that day's)
msci stock index returns.
http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/excel?priceLevel=0scope=0;...
Want to write python to download and save the file.
So far I've arrived at this:
[quote]
# import pdb
import urllib2
from win32com.client import Dispatch
xlApp = Dispatch(Excel.Application)
# test 1
# xlApp.Workbooks.Add()
# xlApp.ActiveSheet.Cells(1,1).Value = 'A'
# xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(2,1).Value = 'B'
# xlBook = xlApp.ActiveWorkbook
# xlBook.SaveAs(Filename='C:\\test.xls')
# pdb.set_trace()
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional')
# test 2 - returns check = False
check_for_data = urllib2.Request('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/
indexperf/excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').has_data()
xlApp = response.fp
print(response.fp.name)
print(xlApp.name)
xlApp.write
xlApp.Close
[/quote]
Woops hit Send when I wanted Preview. Looks like the html [quote] tag
doesn't work from groups.google.com (nice).
Anway, in test 1 above, I determined how to instantiate an excel
object; put some stuff in it; then save to disk.
So, in theory, I'm retrieving my excel spreadsheet with
response = urllib2.urlopen()
Except what then do I do with this?
Well for one read some of the urllib2 documentation and found the
Request class with the method has_data() on it. It returns False.
Hmm that's not encouraging.
I supposed the trick to understand what urllib2.urlopen is returning
to me; rummage around in there; and hopefully find my excel file.
I use pdb to debug. This is interesting:
(Pdb) dir(response)
['__doc__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__module__', '__repr__', 'close',
'code', '
fileno', 'fp', 'geturl', 'headers', 'info', 'msg', 'next', 'read',
'readline', '
readlines', 'url']
(Pdb)
I suppose the members with __*_ are methods; and the names without the
underbars are attributes (variables) (?).
No, these are the names of all attributes and methods. read is a method,
for example.
right - I got it backwards.
Or maybe this isn't at all the right direction to take (maybe there
are much better modules to do this stuff). Would be happy to learn if
that's the case (and if that gets the job done for me).
The docs (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-urllib2.html) are pretty
clear on this:
This function returns a file-like object with two additional methods:
And then for file-like objects:
http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin-file-objects.html
read( [size])
Read at most size bytes from the file (less if the read hits EOF
before obtaining size bytes). If the size argument is negative or
omitted, read all data until EOF is reached. The bytes are returned as a
string object. An empty string is returned when EOF is encountered
immediately. (For certain files, like ttys, it makes sense to continue
reading after an EOF is hit.) Note that this method may call the
underlying C function fread() more than once in an effort to acquire as
close to size bytes as possible. Also note that when in non-blocking
mode, less data than what was requested may be returned, even if no size
parameter was given.
Diez
Just stumbled upon .read:
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').read
Now the question is: what to do with this? I'll look at the
documentation that you point to.
thanx - pat
Or rather (next iteration):
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').read(100)
The file is generally something like 26 KB so specifying 1,000,000
seems like a good idea (first approximation).
And then when I do:
print(response)
I get a whole lot of garbage (and some non-garbage), so I know I'm
onto something.
When I read the .read documentation further, it says that read() has
returned the data
Re: Download excel file from web?
On Jul 28, 4:04 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:52 pm, Guilherme Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 7:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:33 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:29 pm, Diez B. Roggisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
On Jul 28, 3:00 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi - experienced programmer but this is my first Python program.
This URL will retrieve an excel spreadsheet containing (that day's)
msci stock index returns.
http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/excel?priceLevel=0scope=0;...
Want to write python to download and save the file.
So far I've arrived at this:
[quote]
# import pdb
import urllib2
from win32com.client import Dispatch
xlApp = Dispatch(Excel.Application)
# test 1
# xlApp.Workbooks.Add()
# xlApp.ActiveSheet.Cells(1,1).Value = 'A'
# xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(2,1).Value = 'B'
# xlBook = xlApp.ActiveWorkbook
# xlBook.SaveAs(Filename='C:\\test.xls')
# pdb.set_trace()
response =
urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional')
# test 2 - returns check = False
check_for_data = urllib2.Request('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/
indexperf/excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').has_data()
xlApp = response.fp
print(response.fp.name)
print(xlApp.name)
xlApp.write
xlApp.Close
[/quote]
Woops hit Send when I wanted Preview. Looks like the html [quote]
tag
doesn't work from groups.google.com (nice).
Anway, in test 1 above, I determined how to instantiate an excel
object; put some stuff in it; then save to disk.
So, in theory, I'm retrieving my excel spreadsheet with
response = urllib2.urlopen()
Except what then do I do with this?
Well for one read some of the urllib2 documentation and found the
Request class with the method has_data() on it. It returns False.
Hmm that's not encouraging.
I supposed the trick to understand what urllib2.urlopen is returning
to me; rummage around in there; and hopefully find my excel file.
I use pdb to debug. This is interesting:
(Pdb) dir(response)
['__doc__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__module__', '__repr__',
'close',
'code', '
fileno', 'fp', 'geturl', 'headers', 'info', 'msg', 'next', 'read',
'readline', '
readlines', 'url']
(Pdb)
I suppose the members with __*_ are methods; and the names without
the
underbars are attributes (variables) (?).
No, these are the names of all attributes and methods. read is a
method,
for example.
right - I got it backwards.
Or maybe this isn't at all the right direction to take (maybe there
are much better modules to do this stuff). Would be happy to learn
if
that's the case (and if that gets the job done for me).
The docs (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-urllib2.html) are pretty
clear on this:
This function returns a file-like object with two additional methods:
And then for file-like objects:
http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin-file-objects.html
read( [size])
Read at most size bytes from the file (less if the read hits EOF
before obtaining size bytes). If the size argument is negative or
omitted, read all data until EOF is reached. The bytes are returned as
a
string object. An empty string is returned when EOF is encountered
immediately. (For certain files, like ttys, it makes sense to continue
reading after an EOF is hit.) Note that this method may call the
underlying C function fread() more than once in an effort to acquire as
close to size bytes as possible. Also note that when in non-blocking
mode, less data than what was requested may be returned, even if no
size
parameter was given.
Diez
Just stumbled upon .read:
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').read
Now the question is: what to do with this? I'll look at the
documentation that you point to.
thanx - pat
Or rather (next iteration):
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').read(100)
The file is generally something like 26 KB so specifying 1,000,000
seems like a good idea (first approximation).
Re: Download excel file from web?
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:52 pm, Guilherme Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 7:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:33 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:29 pm, Diez B. Roggisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
On Jul 28, 3:00 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi - experienced programmer but this is my first Python program.
This URL will retrieve an excel spreadsheet containing (that day's)
msci stock index returns.
http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/excel?priceLevel=0scope=0;...
Want to write python to download and save the file.
So far I've arrived at this:
[quote]
# import pdb
import urllib2
from win32com.client import Dispatch
xlApp = Dispatch(Excel.Application)
# test 1
# xlApp.Workbooks.Add()
# xlApp.ActiveSheet.Cells(1,1).Value = 'A'
# xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(2,1).Value = 'B'
# xlBook = xlApp.ActiveWorkbook
# xlBook.SaveAs(Filename='C:\\test.xls')
# pdb.set_trace()
response =
urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional')
# test 2 - returns check = False
check_for_data = urllib2.Request('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/
indexperf/excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').has_data()
xlApp = response.fp
print(response.fp.name)
print(xlApp.name)
xlApp.write
xlApp.Close
[/quote]
Woops hit Send when I wanted Preview. Looks like the html [quote] tag
doesn't work from groups.google.com (nice).
Anway, in test 1 above, I determined how to instantiate an excel
object; put some stuff in it; then save to disk.
So, in theory, I'm retrieving my excel spreadsheet with
response = urllib2.urlopen()
Except what then do I do with this?
Well for one read some of the urllib2 documentation and found the
Request class with the method has_data() on it. It returns False.
Hmm that's not encouraging.
I supposed the trick to understand what urllib2.urlopen is returning
to me; rummage around in there; and hopefully find my excel file.
I use pdb to debug. This is interesting:
(Pdb) dir(response)
['__doc__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__module__', '__repr__', 'close',
'code', '
fileno', 'fp', 'geturl', 'headers', 'info', 'msg', 'next', 'read',
'readline', '
readlines', 'url']
(Pdb)
I suppose the members with __*_ are methods; and the names without the
underbars are attributes (variables) (?).
No, these are the names of all attributes and methods. read is a method,
for example.
right - I got it backwards.
Or maybe this isn't at all the right direction to take (maybe there
are much better modules to do this stuff). Would be happy to learn if
that's the case (and if that gets the job done for me).
The docs (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-urllib2.html) are pretty
clear on this:
This function returns a file-like object with two additional methods:
And then for file-like objects:
http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin-file-objects.html
read( [size])
Read at most size bytes from the file (less if the read hits EOF
before obtaining size bytes). If the size argument is negative or
omitted, read all data until EOF is reached. The bytes are returned as a
string object. An empty string is returned when EOF is encountered
immediately. (For certain files, like ttys, it makes sense to continue
reading after an EOF is hit.) Note that this method may call the
underlying C function fread() more than once in an effort to acquire as
close to size bytes as possible. Also note that when in non-blocking
mode, less data than what was requested may be returned, even if no size
parameter was given.
Diez
Just stumbled upon .read:
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').read
Now the question is: what to do with this? I'll look at the
documentation that you point to.
thanx - pat
Or rather (next iteration):
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').read(100)
The file is generally something like 26 KB so specifying 1,000,000
seems like a good idea (first approximation).
And then when I do:
print(response)
I get a whole lot of garbage (and some non-garbage), so I know I'm
onto something.
When I
Re: Download excel file from web?
On Jul 28, 4:20 pm, Guilherme Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:52 pm, Guilherme Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 7:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:33 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:29 pm, Diez B. Roggisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
On Jul 28, 3:00 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi - experienced programmer but this is my first Python program.
This URL will retrieve an excel spreadsheet containing (that day's)
msci stock index returns.
http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/excel?priceLevel=0scope=0;...
Want to write python to download and save the file.
So far I've arrived at this:
[quote]
# import pdb
import urllib2
from win32com.client import Dispatch
xlApp = Dispatch(Excel.Application)
# test 1
# xlApp.Workbooks.Add()
# xlApp.ActiveSheet.Cells(1,1).Value = 'A'
# xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(2,1).Value = 'B'
# xlBook = xlApp.ActiveWorkbook
# xlBook.SaveAs(Filename='C:\\test.xls')
# pdb.set_trace()
response =
urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional')
# test 2 - returns check = False
check_for_data = urllib2.Request('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/
indexperf/excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').has_data()
xlApp = response.fp
print(response.fp.name)
print(xlApp.name)
xlApp.write
xlApp.Close
[/quote]
Woops hit Send when I wanted Preview. Looks like the html [quote]
tag
doesn't work from groups.google.com (nice).
Anway, in test 1 above, I determined how to instantiate an excel
object; put some stuff in it; then save to disk.
So, in theory, I'm retrieving my excel spreadsheet with
response = urllib2.urlopen()
Except what then do I do with this?
Well for one read some of the urllib2 documentation and found the
Request class with the method has_data() on it. It returns False.
Hmm that's not encouraging.
I supposed the trick to understand what urllib2.urlopen is returning
to me; rummage around in there; and hopefully find my excel file.
I use pdb to debug. This is interesting:
(Pdb) dir(response)
['__doc__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__module__', '__repr__',
'close',
'code', '
fileno', 'fp', 'geturl', 'headers', 'info', 'msg', 'next', 'read',
'readline', '
readlines', 'url']
(Pdb)
I suppose the members with __*_ are methods; and the names without
the
underbars are attributes (variables) (?).
No, these are the names of all attributes and methods. read is a
method,
for example.
right - I got it backwards.
Or maybe this isn't at all the right direction to take (maybe there
are much better modules to do this stuff). Would be happy to learn
if
that's the case (and if that gets the job done for me).
The docs (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-urllib2.html) are pretty
clear on this:
This function returns a file-like object with two additional methods:
And then for file-like objects:
http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin-file-objects.html
read( [size])
Read at most size bytes from the file (less if the read hits EOF
before obtaining size bytes). If the size argument is negative or
omitted, read all data until EOF is reached. The bytes are returned
as a
string object. An empty string is returned when EOF is encountered
immediately. (For certain files, like ttys, it makes sense to continue
reading after an EOF is hit.) Note that this method may call the
underlying C function fread() more than once in an effort to acquire
as
close to size bytes as possible. Also note that when in non-blocking
mode, less data than what was requested may be returned, even if no
size
parameter was given.
Diez
Just stumbled upon .read:
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').read
Now the question is: what to do with this? I'll look at the
documentation that you point to.
thanx - pat
Or rather (next iteration):
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').read(100)
The file is generally something like 26 KB
Re: Download excel file from web?
On Jul 29, 12:41 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 4:20 pm, Guilherme Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:52 pm, Guilherme Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 7:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:33 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:29 pm, Diez B. Roggisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
On Jul 28, 3:00 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi - experienced programmer but this is my first Python program.
This URL will retrieve an excel spreadsheet containing (that
day's)
msci stock index returns.
http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/excel?priceLevel=0scope=0;...
Want to write python to download and save the file.
So far I've arrived at this:
[quote]
# import pdb
import urllib2
from win32com.client import Dispatch
xlApp = Dispatch(Excel.Application)
# test 1
# xlApp.Workbooks.Add()
# xlApp.ActiveSheet.Cells(1,1).Value = 'A'
# xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(2,1).Value = 'B'
# xlBook = xlApp.ActiveWorkbook
# xlBook.SaveAs(Filename='C:\\test.xls')
# pdb.set_trace()
response =
urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional')
# test 2 - returns check = False
check_for_data =
urllib2.Request('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/
indexperf/excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').has_data()
xlApp = response.fp
print(response.fp.name)
print(xlApp.name)
xlApp.write
xlApp.Close
[/quote]
Woops hit Send when I wanted Preview. Looks like the html
[quote] tag
doesn't work from groups.google.com (nice).
Anway, in test 1 above, I determined how to instantiate an excel
object; put some stuff in it; then save to disk.
So, in theory, I'm retrieving my excel spreadsheet with
response = urllib2.urlopen()
Except what then do I do with this?
Well for one read some of the urllib2 documentation and found the
Request class with the method has_data() on it. It returns False.
Hmm that's not encouraging.
I supposed the trick to understand what urllib2.urlopen is
returning
to me; rummage around in there; and hopefully find my excel file.
I use pdb to debug. This is interesting:
(Pdb) dir(response)
['__doc__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__module__', '__repr__',
'close',
'code', '
fileno', 'fp', 'geturl', 'headers', 'info', 'msg', 'next', 'read',
'readline', '
readlines', 'url']
(Pdb)
I suppose the members with __*_ are methods; and the names
without the
underbars are attributes (variables) (?).
No, these are the names of all attributes and methods. read is a
method,
for example.
right - I got it backwards.
Or maybe this isn't at all the right direction to take (maybe
there
are much better modules to do this stuff). Would be happy to
learn if
that's the case (and if that gets the job done for me).
The docs (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-urllib2.html) are pretty
clear on this:
This function returns a file-like object with two additional
methods:
And then for file-like objects:
http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin-file-objects.html
read( [size])
Read at most size bytes from the file (less if the read hits
EOF
before obtaining size bytes). If the size argument is negative or
omitted, read all data until EOF is reached. The bytes are returned
as a
string object. An empty string is returned when EOF is encountered
immediately. (For certain files, like ttys, it makes sense to
continue
reading after an EOF is hit.) Note that this method may call the
underlying C function fread() more than once in an effort to
acquire as
close to size bytes as possible. Also note that when in non-blocking
mode, less data than what was requested may be returned, even if no
size
parameter was given.
Diez
Just stumbled upon .read:
response = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').read
Now the question is: what to do with this? I'll look at the
documentation that you point to.
thanx - pat
Or rather (next iteration):
response =
Re: Download excel file from web?
On Jul 28, 5:39 pm, MRAB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 29, 12:41 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 4:20 pm, Guilherme Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:52 pm, Guilherme Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 7:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:33 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:29 pm, Diez B. Roggisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
On Jul 28, 3:00 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hi - experienced programmer but this is my first Python
program.
This URL will retrieve an excel spreadsheet containing (that
day's)
msci stock index returns.
http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/excel?priceLevel=0scope=0;...
Want to write python to download and save the file.
So far I've arrived at this:
[quote]
# import pdb
import urllib2
from win32com.client import Dispatch
xlApp = Dispatch(Excel.Application)
# test 1
# xlApp.Workbooks.Add()
# xlApp.ActiveSheet.Cells(1,1).Value = 'A'
# xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(2,1).Value = 'B'
# xlBook = xlApp.ActiveWorkbook
# xlBook.SaveAs(Filename='C:\\test.xls')
# pdb.set_trace()
response =
urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional')
# test 2 - returns check = False
check_for_data =
urllib2.Request('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/
indexperf/excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').has_data()
xlApp = response.fp
print(response.fp.name)
print(xlApp.name)
xlApp.write
xlApp.Close
[/quote]
Woops hit Send when I wanted Preview. Looks like the html
[quote] tag
doesn't work from groups.google.com (nice).
Anway, in test 1 above, I determined how to instantiate an excel
object; put some stuff in it; then save to disk.
So, in theory, I'm retrieving my excel spreadsheet with
response = urllib2.urlopen()
Except what then do I do with this?
Well for one read some of the urllib2 documentation and found
the
Request class with the method has_data() on it. It returns
False.
Hmm that's not encouraging.
I supposed the trick to understand what urllib2.urlopen is
returning
to me; rummage around in there; and hopefully find my excel
file.
I use pdb to debug. This is interesting:
(Pdb) dir(response)
['__doc__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__module__', '__repr__',
'close',
'code', '
fileno', 'fp', 'geturl', 'headers', 'info', 'msg', 'next',
'read',
'readline', '
readlines', 'url']
(Pdb)
I suppose the members with __*_ are methods; and the names
without the
underbars are attributes (variables) (?).
No, these are the names of all attributes and methods. read is a
method,
for example.
right - I got it backwards.
Or maybe this isn't at all the right direction to take (maybe
there
are much better modules to do this stuff). Would be happy to
learn if
that's the case (and if that gets the job done for me).
The docs (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-urllib2.html) are
pretty
clear on this:
This function returns a file-like object with two additional
methods:
And then for file-like objects:
http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin-file-objects.html
read( [size])
Read at most size bytes from the file (less if the read hits
EOF
before obtaining size bytes). If the size argument is negative or
omitted, read all data until EOF is reached. The bytes are
returned as a
string object. An empty string is returned when EOF is encountered
immediately. (For certain files, like ttys, it makes sense to
continue
reading after an EOF is hit.) Note that this method may call the
underlying C function fread() more than once in an effort to
acquire as
close to size bytes as possible. Also note that when in
non-blocking
mode, less data than what was requested may be returned, even if
no size
parameter was given.
Diez
Just stumbled upon .read:
response =
urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
Re: Download excel file from web?
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 9:39 PM, MRAB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 29, 12:41 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 4:20 pm, Guilherme Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:52 pm, Guilherme Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 7:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:33 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:29 pm, Diez B. Roggisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
On Jul 28, 3:00 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hi - experienced programmer but this is my first Python program.
This URL will retrieve an excel spreadsheet containing (that
day's)
msci stock index returns.
http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/excel?priceLevel=0scope=0;...
Want to write python to download and save the file.
So far I've arrived at this:
[quote]
# import pdb
import urllib2
from win32com.client import Dispatch
xlApp = Dispatch(Excel.Application)
# test 1
# xlApp.Workbooks.Add()
# xlApp.ActiveSheet.Cells(1,1).Value = 'A'
# xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(2,1).Value = 'B'
# xlBook = xlApp.ActiveWorkbook
# xlBook.SaveAs(Filename='C:\\test.xls')
# pdb.set_trace()
response =
urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional')
# test 2 - returns check = False
check_for_data =
urllib2.Request('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/
indexperf/excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').has_data()
xlApp = response.fp
print(response.fp.name)
print(xlApp.name)
xlApp.write
xlApp.Close
[/quote]
Woops hit Send when I wanted Preview. Looks like the html
[quote] tag
doesn't work from groups.google.com (nice).
Anway, in test 1 above, I determined how to instantiate an excel
object; put some stuff in it; then save to disk.
So, in theory, I'm retrieving my excel spreadsheet with
response = urllib2.urlopen()
Except what then do I do with this?
Well for one read some of the urllib2 documentation and found the
Request class with the method has_data() on it. It returns
False.
Hmm that's not encouraging.
I supposed the trick to understand what urllib2.urlopen is
returning
to me; rummage around in there; and hopefully find my excel file.
I use pdb to debug. This is interesting:
(Pdb) dir(response)
['__doc__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__module__', '__repr__',
'close',
'code', '
fileno', 'fp', 'geturl', 'headers', 'info', 'msg', 'next',
'read',
'readline', '
readlines', 'url']
(Pdb)
I suppose the members with __*_ are methods; and the names
without the
underbars are attributes (variables) (?).
No, these are the names of all attributes and methods. read is a
method,
for example.
right - I got it backwards.
Or maybe this isn't at all the right direction to take (maybe
there
are much better modules to do this stuff). Would be happy to
learn if
that's the case (and if that gets the job done for me).
The docs (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-urllib2.html) are
pretty
clear on this:
This function returns a file-like object with two additional
methods:
And then for file-like objects:
http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin-file-objects.html
read( [size])
Read at most size bytes from the file (less if the read hits
EOF
before obtaining size bytes). If the size argument is negative or
omitted, read all data until EOF is reached. The bytes are
returned as a
string object. An empty string is returned when EOF is encountered
immediately. (For certain files, like ttys, it makes sense to
continue
reading after an EOF is hit.) Note that this method may call the
underlying C function fread() more than once in an effort to
acquire as
close to size bytes as possible. Also note that when in
non-blocking
mode, less data than what was requested may be returned, even if
no size
parameter was given.
Diez
Just stumbled upon .read:
response =
urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').read
Now the question is: what to do with this? I'll look at the
documentation
Re: Download excel file from web?
On Jul 28, 6:05 pm, Guilherme Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 9:39 PM, MRAB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 29, 12:41 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 4:20 pm, Guilherme Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:52 pm, Guilherme Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 7:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL
PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:33 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:29 pm, Diez B. Roggisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
On Jul 28, 3:00 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hi - experienced programmer but this is my first Python
program.
This URL will retrieve an excel spreadsheet containing (that
day's)
msci stock index returns.
http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/excel?priceLevel=0scope=0;...
Want to write python to download and save the file.
So far I've arrived at this:
[quote]
# import pdb
import urllib2
from win32com.client import Dispatch
xlApp = Dispatch(Excel.Application)
# test 1
# xlApp.Workbooks.Add()
# xlApp.ActiveSheet.Cells(1,1).Value = 'A'
# xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(2,1).Value = 'B'
# xlBook = xlApp.ActiveWorkbook
# xlBook.SaveAs(Filename='C:\\test.xls')
# pdb.set_trace()
response =
urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional')
# test 2 - returns check = False
check_for_data =
urllib2.Request('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/
indexperf/excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').has_data()
xlApp = response.fp
print(response.fp.name)
print(xlApp.name)
xlApp.write
xlApp.Close
[/quote]
Woops hit Send when I wanted Preview. Looks like the html
[quote] tag
doesn't work from groups.google.com (nice).
Anway, in test 1 above, I determined how to instantiate an
excel
object; put some stuff in it; then save to disk.
So, in theory, I'm retrieving my excel spreadsheet with
response = urllib2.urlopen()
Except what then do I do with this?
Well for one read some of the urllib2 documentation and found
the
Request class with the method has_data() on it. It returns
False.
Hmm that's not encouraging.
I supposed the trick to understand what urllib2.urlopen is
returning
to me; rummage around in there; and hopefully find my excel
file.
I use pdb to debug. This is interesting:
(Pdb) dir(response)
['__doc__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__module__', '__repr__',
'close',
'code', '
fileno', 'fp', 'geturl', 'headers', 'info', 'msg', 'next',
'read',
'readline', '
readlines', 'url']
(Pdb)
I suppose the members with __*_ are methods; and the names
without the
underbars are attributes (variables) (?).
No, these are the names of all attributes and methods. read is a
method,
for example.
right - I got it backwards.
Or maybe this isn't at all the right direction to take (maybe
there
are much better modules to do this stuff). Would be happy to
learn if
that's the case (and if that gets the job done for me).
The docs (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-urllib2.html) are
pretty
clear on this:
This function returns a file-like object with two additional
methods:
And then for file-like objects:
http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin-file-objects.html
read( [size])
Read at most size bytes from the file (less if the read
hits EOF
before obtaining size bytes). If the size argument is negative or
omitted, read all data until EOF is reached. The bytes are
returned as a
string object. An empty string is returned when EOF is
encountered
immediately. (For certain files, like ttys, it makes sense to
continue
reading after an EOF is hit.) Note that this method may call the
underlying C function fread() more than once in an effort to
acquire as
close to size bytes as possible. Also note that when in
non-blocking
mode, less data than what was requested may be returned, even if
no size
parameter was given.
Diez
Just stumbled upon .read:
response =
urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
Re: Download excel file from web?
On Jul 28, 6:05 pm, Guilherme Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 9:39 PM, MRAB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 29, 12:41 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 4:20 pm, Guilherme Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:52 pm, Guilherme Polo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 7:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL
PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:33 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 28, 3:29 pm, Diez B. Roggisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
On Jul 28, 3:00 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hi - experienced programmer but this is my first Python
program.
This URL will retrieve an excel spreadsheet containing (that
day's)
msci stock index returns.
http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/excel?priceLevel=0scope=0;...
Want to write python to download and save the file.
So far I've arrived at this:
[quote]
# import pdb
import urllib2
from win32com.client import Dispatch
xlApp = Dispatch(Excel.Application)
# test 1
# xlApp.Workbooks.Add()
# xlApp.ActiveSheet.Cells(1,1).Value = 'A'
# xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(2,1).Value = 'B'
# xlBook = xlApp.ActiveWorkbook
# xlBook.SaveAs(Filename='C:\\test.xls')
# pdb.set_trace()
response =
urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional')
# test 2 - returns check = False
check_for_data =
urllib2.Request('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/
indexperf/excel?
priceLevel=0scope=0currency=15style=Csize=36market=1897asOf=Jul
+25%2C+2008export=Excel_IEIPerfRegional').has_data()
xlApp = response.fp
print(response.fp.name)
print(xlApp.name)
xlApp.write
xlApp.Close
[/quote]
Woops hit Send when I wanted Preview. Looks like the html
[quote] tag
doesn't work from groups.google.com (nice).
Anway, in test 1 above, I determined how to instantiate an
excel
object; put some stuff in it; then save to disk.
So, in theory, I'm retrieving my excel spreadsheet with
response = urllib2.urlopen()
Except what then do I do with this?
Well for one read some of the urllib2 documentation and found
the
Request class with the method has_data() on it. It returns
False.
Hmm that's not encouraging.
I supposed the trick to understand what urllib2.urlopen is
returning
to me; rummage around in there; and hopefully find my excel
file.
I use pdb to debug. This is interesting:
(Pdb) dir(response)
['__doc__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__module__', '__repr__',
'close',
'code', '
fileno', 'fp', 'geturl', 'headers', 'info', 'msg', 'next',
'read',
'readline', '
readlines', 'url']
(Pdb)
I suppose the members with __*_ are methods; and the names
without the
underbars are attributes (variables) (?).
No, these are the names of all attributes and methods. read is a
method,
for example.
right - I got it backwards.
Or maybe this isn't at all the right direction to take (maybe
there
are much better modules to do this stuff). Would be happy to
learn if
that's the case (and if that gets the job done for me).
The docs (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-urllib2.html) are
pretty
clear on this:
This function returns a file-like object with two additional
methods:
And then for file-like objects:
http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin-file-objects.html
read( [size])
Read at most size bytes from the file (less if the read
hits EOF
before obtaining size bytes). If the size argument is negative or
omitted, read all data until EOF is reached. The bytes are
returned as a
string object. An empty string is returned when EOF is
encountered
immediately. (For certain files, like ttys, it makes sense to
continue
reading after an EOF is hit.) Note that this method may call the
underlying C function fread() more than once in an effort to
acquire as
close to size bytes as possible. Also note that when in
non-blocking
mode, less data than what was requested may be returned, even if
no size
parameter was given.
Diez
Just stumbled upon .read:
response =
urllib2.urlopen('http://www.mscibarra.com/webapp/indexperf/
