urllib.py doesn't work with https?

Question

In my python app I try to open a https url, but I get:

 File \"C:\\Python26\\lib\\urllib.py\", line 215, in open_unknown
    raise IOError, (\'url error\', \         


        

Answer 1

Try using urllib2 instead.

I had the same issue with urllib on OSX 10.6 using python 2.6.6 from macports. Switching to urllib2 fixed it.