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check_url_exists.py
# How can I determine if anything at the given url exists
# https://stackoverflow.com/a/1966141/5983691
#
# 4xx status codes describe client errors (like "404 Not found")
# 5xx status codes describe server errors (like "500 Internal server error")
from urllib2 import urlopen
code = urlopen("http://example.com/").code
if (code / 100 >= 4):
print "Nothing there."
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