Python urllib Examples

Scripts

import urllib
import urllib2
from xml.dom import minidom

user_address = '1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500'
url = 'http://xxxxxxxxx.xx.xxxxxx' #geocoding servlet url
values = {'address': user_address} #

data = urllib.urlencode(values)
req = urllib2.Request(url, data)
response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
xmlResults = response.read()

xmldoc = minidom.parseString(xmlResults)
places = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('Placemark')

nameTag = places[0].getElementsByTagName('name')
print nameTag[0].firstChild.wholeText