urllib2 sporadically falsely claims that http://www.bankofamerica.com/ has infinite redirect:
$ python -c 'import urllib2; print urllib2.urlopen("http://www.bankofamerica.com/").geturl()'
https://www.bankofamerica.com/
$ python -c 'import urllib2; print urllib2.urlopen("http://www.bankofamerica.com/").geturl()'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 126, in urlopen
return _opener.open(url, data, timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 397, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 510, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 429, in error
result = self._call_chain(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 369, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 605, in http_error_302
return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 397, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 510, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 429, in error
result = self._call_chain(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 369, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 605, in http_error_302
return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 397, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 510, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 429, in error
result = self._call_chain(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 369, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 605, in http_error_302
return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 397, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 510, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 429, in error
result = self._call_chain(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 369, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 605, in http_error_302
return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 397, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 510, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 429, in error
result = self._call_chain(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 369, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 595, in http_error_302
self.inf_msg + msg, headers, fp)
urllib2.HTTPError: HTTP Error 302: The HTTP server returned a redirect error that would lead to an infinite loop.
The last 30x error message was:
Found
Since it is sporadic, it could just be a problem with bankofamerica.com's servers. Is there an easy way to see what response urllib2 got that made it unhappy? |