Does urllib2.urlopen() cache stuff?

Question

They didn\'t mention this in python documentation. And recently I\'m testing a website simply refreshing the site using urllib2.urlopen() to extract certain content, I notic

Answer 1

If you make changes and test the behaviour from browser and from urllib, it is easy to make a stupid mistake. In browser you are logged in, but in urllib.urlopen your app can redirect you always to the same login page, so if you just see the page size or the top of your common layout, you could think that your changes have no effect.