Python urllib Examples

Scripts

import urllib
import urllib2
from xml.dom import minidom

user_address  = 'nnn Collins Street, Victoria 3000'
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