> I thought about this approach originally, but here's the catch > there: the read method isn't the only method i need. mutagen > calls the seek method on the file object. urllib2 returns a > "file-like object" that does not have a seek method associated > with it, which means i'd have to extend urllib2 to add that > method. Problem is, i don't know how you could implement a > seek method with urllib2.
It sounds like you're almost reaching for the StringIO library (or the similar cStringIO library). >>> URL = 'http://python.org/styles/print.css' >>> from StringIO import StringIO >>> from urllib2 import urlopen >>> u = urlopen(URL) >>> s = StringIO(u.read()) >>> u.close() >>> s.seek(24) >>> s.read(6) 'google' Hope this helps, -tkc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
