#!/usr/bin/python
# download a web page to standard output
# Usage: httpdn.py [http://]url

import httplib, string, sys
import mimetools, rfc822

# parse argument:
url= sys.argv[1]
if url[:7]== 'http://' :
    url= url[7:]
ix= string.find(url, '/')
if ix>= 0:
    host= url[:ix]
    file= url[ix:]  # include the preceding slash
else :
    host= url
    file= '/index.html'
print "Host: "+ host+ "  File: "+ file

# here we go:
hc= httplib.HTTPConnection(host)
hc.request("GET", file)
hr= hc.getresponse()
if hr.status>= 300  and  hr.status<= 399:  # redirect
    file= hr.getheader('Location')
    if file[-1] != '/':
        file= file+ '/index.html'
    hc.request("GET", file)
    hr= hc.getresponse()
data= hr.read()
hc.close()
print data