Example file for retrieving data from the internet - Python 3

# Example file for retrieving data from the internet

#

import urllib.request # instead of urllib2 like in Python 2.7

def main():

# open a connection to a URL using urllib2

webUrl = urllib.request.urlopen("http://www.google.com")

# get the result code and print it

print ("result code: " + str(webUrl.getcode()))

# read the data from the URL and print it

data = webUrl.read()

print (data)

if __name__ == "__main__":

main()