python socket GET

Question

From the other posts on stack overflow this should be working

import socket

s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)                 

s.connect(("www.cnn.com" , 80))
s.sendall("GET / HTTP/1.1
")
print s.recv(4096)
s.close

but for some reason it just hangs (at recv) and never prints. I know that a request to www.cnn.com will chunk it's data but I should at least read something from recv, right?

p.s. I know this isn't the best way to do it and that there are library like httplib and urllib2 out there, but I can't use those for this project (it's for school). I have to use the socket library

Answer 1

You forgot to send a blank line after your request line:

s.sendall("GET / HTTP/1.1

")

Furthermore, HTTP 1.1 specifies you should add the Host header field as documented in the Host section in the HTTP 1.1 RFC.

s.sendall("GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: www.cnn.com

")