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
#	Content
1	## 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