[Zope] Re: Zope and URLLIB

Bill Bell bill-bell@bill-bell.hamilton.on.ca
Sun, 31 Mar 2002 08:16:54 -0500


Colin Fox <cfox@crystalcherry.com> wrote, in part:
>
>I'm trying to do a simple thing:
>
>import urllib
>f =3D urllib.urlopen('http://www.somesite.com')
>lines =3D f.readlines()
>
>I followed the instructions in PythonScripts/README.txt on how to allow
>other modules to be imported by python scripts, and indeed the
>urllib.urlopen works.
>
>However, the f.readlines() fails, claiming I don't have permission. The
>python documentation says that urllopen() returns a 'file-like' object,
>without actually telling me the type.
>
>How do I allow this simple call?

One is not permitted the use of arbitrary modules from within a
PythonScript. However, you can do this kind of thing in an "External
Method". I would write more if I knew more. :o)

Bill

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