urllibcache 1.0

Simple urllib2 caching handler

This is a simple caching handler for urllib2.

Usage

Either use the build_opener function which takes the path to the cache folder and returns an OpenerDirector instance. You can then use it’s open method to open urls normally. If the file was already downloaded, then it will be taken from the cache.

You can also use the CachedHandler wherever it’s useful within urllib2. This also takes the path to cache folder as an argument of the constructor.

Be aware that the caching is very simple. It detects incomplete downloads but doesn’t take any caching headers into account. To invalidate the cache you have to delete the files in the cache folder.

Changelog

1.0 - 2008-07-22

• Initial release. [fschulze]