First problem I faced in PyS60

When I tried to connect to a website using Python from my mobile phone, I got into trouble. Every time I tried a simple program I got the following error message:

IOError:[Errno socket error](0, 'getaddrinfo failed')

Here is the code I tried:


import urllib

usock = urllib.urlopen("http://example.com")
data = usock.read()
usock.close()


I tried Google but couldn't find any good solution. Then I did some trial-n-error myself and got rid of the problem!
Actually when I connect to Internet from my mobile phone I have 3 access points - GP-WAP, GP-MMS and GP-Internet. When I browse from my mobile phone (it's Nokia N70), I use GP-WAP. So when the python program asked for the option I selected that and got the error. When I selected GP-Internet, I got rid of the problem.

Now I can connect the Internet using Python from mobile!!!

Comments

Unknown said…
Actually, you can use the GP-WAP connection, but PyS60, unlike JavaME, doesn't use Access Point proxy settings by default, you have to hardcode them.
August 22, 2008 at 3:08 AM
Darren McEntee. said…
Hi there,

Maybe you can point me in the right direction as to what I might need for the following scenario on S60, if you are aware.

I wrote an application in Python some time ago, but for the desktop, not for mobile, that scrapped a web site for its structured characteristics, and logged into my personal account (to send text messages via the web) and performed various other tasks.

I would like to look into implementing it, this time on S60, so it can be done via my Nokia E51 mobile.

On my desktop version, I used a py lib called PAMIE, which is Python Automated Module For Internet Explorer, which preformed this functionality perfectly. its here: http://pamie.sourceforge.net/
This essentially allowed me to automate the browser by manipulating it's DocumentObject Model via COM.

This library is not available for s60, (as far as i can see) and would like to see what else is available.

If you know please let me know, or maybe I have other options?

Thanks for you time!

Best regards,
Darren. dmac -the at symbol- vodafone -dot- ie.
June 9, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Alfie said…
do you know how to deal with "broken pipe" error in a connection like this?
I have a urllib code that works fine in the emulator but fails with "broken pipe" error on cell phone...
July 15, 2009 at 7:28 AM
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