+def open_url(method, url):
+ redirectcount = 0
+ while redirectcount < 3:
+ (type, rest) = urllib.splittype(url)
+ (host, path) = urllib.splithost(rest)
+ (host, port) = urllib.splitport(host)
+ if port == None:
+ port = 80
+ try:
+ conn = httplib.HTTPConnection("%s:%s" %(host, port))
+ conn.request(method, path)
+ response = conn.getresponse()
+ if response.status in [301, 302, 303, 307]:
+ headers = response.getheaders()
+ for header in headers:
+ if header[0] == "location":
+ url = header[1]
+ elif response.status == 200:
+ return response
+ except:
+ pass
+ redirectcount = redirectcount + 1
+ return None
+