404 whenever i try to access wikipedia via python

[Sardonic]

all help is appreciated:

>>> x = urllib.urlopen("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python")
>>> x.read()

(returns error page)

[bartonc]

all help is appreciated:

>>> x = urllib.urlopen("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python")
>>> x.read()

(returns error page)

Interested in snakes, are ya? JK..

It works for me; copied verbatim from your post. Of course I added the

import urllib

[Sardonic]

Interested in snakes, are ya? JK..

It works for me; copied verbatim from your post. Of course I added the

import urllib

are you sure it does? check out the html it feeds. it wont be the actual article, it'll be an error page in different languages.

[bartonc]

are you sure it does? check out the html it feeds. it wont be the actual article, it'll be an error page in different languages.

Dare I post an excerpt?<deleted>
I'll probably need to delete this soon.

[Sardonic]

lol, you didn't post any of the content. just the html. check out between the <p>'s</p>

[ilikepython]

I got the error. I ran this and opened "test.txt" in internet explorer and got a page about wikipedia having technical difficulties:

import urllib
page = urllib.urlopen("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python")
data = page.readlines()
 
f = file(r"C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\test.txt", "w")
 
for line in data:
    f.write(line)
f.close()
 

I think its their problem not yours.