sconsinstaller

installer.py

import httplib
#import logging
#logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
#httplib.HTTPConnection.debuglevel = 1

def getData( request ):
    '''queries the database for the requested information'''
    servername = "glast-ground.slac.stanford.edu"
    conn = httplib.HTTPConnection( servername )
    conn.putrequest( 'GET', request )
    conn.putheader( 'Accept', 'text/html' )
    conn.endheaders()
    response = conn.getresponse()
    if response.status != 200:
        msg = "The requested data or package was not available on the server: "
        print msg + response.reason
        sys.exit()
    else:
        data = response.read()
        conn.close()
    return data

path = "/SConsInstaller/db.jsp?function=versions&package=ScienceTools&versionType=Release"
print getData(path)