NinoCode/Active_prgs/URL_Grab.py

## URL_Grab.py
## This is a program that I'm creating for Zope that will grab and return parts of websites.
## It will take 3 arguments ( siteUrl, startTag, endTag) and return HTML.
## EBorges
## 06.28.03

from urllib import urlopen

def GrabUrl(siteUrl, startTag, endTag):
    doc = urlopen(siteUrl).read()
    doc = doc.split(startTag)
    doc = doc[1].split(endTag)
    return doc[0]

if __name__ == '__main__':
    #chop = GrabUrl('http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/', '<!-- content -->', '<!-- End content -->')
    chop = GrabUrl('http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/', 'content', 'End content')
    print chop
Revision:	8
Committed:	Sat May 5 04:21:19 2012 UTC (13 years, 10 months ago) by ninoborges
Content type:	text/x-python
File size:	653 byte(s)
Log Message:	Initial Import
#	User	Rev	Content
1	ninoborges	8	## URL_Grab.py
2			## This is a program that I'm creating for Zope that will grab and return parts of websites.
3			## It will take 3 arguments ( siteUrl, startTag, endTag) and return HTML.
4			## EBorges
5			## 06.28.03
6
7			from urllib import urlopen
8
9			def GrabUrl(siteUrl, startTag, endTag):
10			doc = urlopen(siteUrl).read()
11			doc = doc.split(startTag)
12			doc = doc[1].split(endTag)
13			return doc[0]
14
15			if __name__ == '__main__':
16			#chop = GrabUrl('http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/', '<!-- content -->', '<!-- End content -->')
17			chop = GrabUrl('http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/', 'content', 'End content')
18			print chop