Download a wordlist file from a remote server.

dictionary.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

import urllib.request
from urllib.error import URLError
from string import whitespace

# Fetch a wordlist
try:
    data = urllib.request.urlopen("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/colematt/english-words/master/words_alpha.txt")
    wordlist = list(word.decode("utf-8").lower().rstrip(whitespace) for word in data.readlines())
except URLError as e:
    print("Couldn't reach the dictionary server. Reason: %s" % e.reason)
    raise(e)
except HTTPError as e:
    print("The dictionary server couldn't fulfill the request. Error code: %s" % e.code)
    raise(e)
except Exception as e:
    print("Something else went wrong.")
    raise(e)
finally:
    print("Loaded the dictionary. Found %i words." % len(wordlist))