import sys, urllib2, urllib
def addGETdata(url, data):
'''Adds data to url. Data should be a list or tuple consisting of 2-item
lists or tuples of the form: (key, value).
Items that have no key should have key set to None.
A given key may occur more than once.
'''
return url + '?' + urllib.urlencode(data)
zipcode = 'S2S 7U8'
url = addGETdata('http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast',
[('query', zipcode)])
print 'Using URL', url
req = urllib2.Request(url)
fd = urllib2.urlopen(req)
while 1:
data = fd.read(1024)
if not len(data):
break
sys.stdout.write(data)
