using the requests module to resolve urls

redirect_resolve.py

'''Resolve a url'''

import argparse
import requests


def resolve_url(url):
	return (requests.get(url)).url

if __name__ == '__main__':
	def parse_cmdline_args():
		parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()

		parser.add_argument(
			'--forums-list', 
			dest = 'forums_list', 
			help = 'Location of forums list'
		)

		return parser.parse_args()

	parsed = parse_cmdline_args()

	with open(parsed.forums_list, 'r') as forums_list_handle:
		for url in forums_list_handle:
			try:
				print resolve_url(url.strip())
			except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
				pass