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Fetching Data from the Web with urllib's read()

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 8, 2024

Python's urllib module provides a simple way to retrieve data from the internet using the read() method. It handles network I/O and allows you to focus on working with the downloaded data.

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