Remove newline in python with urllib

Question

I am using Python 3.x. While using urllib.request to download the webpage, i am getting a lot of \\n in between. I am trying to remove it using the

Answer 1

If you look at the source you've downloaded, the \n escape sequences you're trying to replace() are actually escaped themselves: \\n. Try this instead:

import urllib.request

def download_page(a):
    opener = urllib.request.FancyURLopener({})
    open_url = opener.open(a)
    page = str(open_url.read()).replace('\\n', '')
    return page

I removed the try/except clause because generic except statements without targeting a specific exception (or class of exceptions) are generally bad. If it fails, you have no idea why.