From 7734f6494312f335e1f6d92aa6f3ec8405abc2e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Kline Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:25:23 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] gh-141412: Use reliable target URL for urllib example (GH-141428) The endpoint used for demonstrating reading URLs is no longer stable. This change substitutes a target over which we have more control. (cherry picked from commit fbcac799518e0cb29fcf5f84ed1fa001010b9073) Co-authored-by: Bob Kline --- Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst index 4239bda8919921..aeeb33203eb8b7 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst @@ -183,13 +183,13 @@ protocols. Two of the simplest are :mod:`urllib.request` for retrieving data from URLs and :mod:`smtplib` for sending mail:: >>> from urllib.request import urlopen - >>> with urlopen('http://worldtimeapi.org/api/timezone/etc/UTC.txt') as response: + >>> with urlopen('https://docs.python.org/3/') as response: ... for line in response: ... line = line.decode() # Convert bytes to a str - ... if line.startswith('datetime'): + ... if 'updated' in line: ... print(line.rstrip()) # Remove trailing newline ... - datetime: 2022-01-01T01:36:47.689215+00:00 + Last updated on Nov 11, 2025 (20:11 UTC). >>> import smtplib >>> server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')