'''A simple way to get the contents of a web page via Python.

For more information, see "How not to fetch data over HTTP" at
http://www.diveintopython.org/http_web_services/review.html.
For the CS257 assignment, you don't have to heed the advice of
the author of this web page, but it's worthwhile reading
nonetheless.
'''

import urllib


# Open it, read it, close it.  Nice and easy.
url = urllib.urlopen('http://cs.carleton.edu/faculty/jondich/courses/cs257_s07/index.html')
pageContents = url.read()
print pageContents
url.close()


# You can use the return value of urllib.urlopen like any other
# file object.
url = urllib.urlopen('http://cs.carleton.edu/faculty/jondich/courses/cs257_s07/index.html')
for line in url:
    line = line.upper()
    print line,
url.close()