import download_file

import bz2

def main():

url = "http://www.pythonchallenge.com/pc/ring/guido.html"

file_path = "silent/guido.html"

user = "repeat"

password = "switch"

# first_step(url, file_path, user, password)

second_step(file_path)

def first_step(url, file_path, user, password):

download_file.download_with_auth(url, file_path, user, password)

def second_step(file_path):

file = open(file_path, "r")

count = 0

result = ""

while True:

count += 1

line = file.readline()

if line:

if count >= 13:

result += chr(len(line) - 1)

else:

break

print("result = " + result)

dec_result = bz2.decompress(result.encode("latin1"))

print(dec_result)

if __name__ == "__main__":

main()

result: http://www.pythonchallenge.com/pc/ring/yankeedoodle.html

- do you find these unnecessary empty lines in the source page of guido.html

<title>silence!</title>

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../style.css">

<br><br>

<center>

<font color="gold">

<img src="whoisit.jpg" border="0"/>