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Handling URL Errors Gracefully in Python urllib

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 6, 2024

Handle errors when working with URLs in Python using the urllib module. Catch HTTPError and URLError exceptions, and apply targeted handling and retries where applicable.

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