Python check status of URL stream

Question

I'm trying to use python to check if a MJPEG stream url is alive or not.

I've tried the following:

 connection = urlopen('http://localhost/videostream.cgi'), timeout=10)
 response = connection.getcode()
 connection.close()

With no luck, it just times out of gives an error.

If I view the status in a firebug or chrome dev toolbar, the status is always "Pending" instead of "200".

Is there a way to check to make sure it's not a 404 or other error?

Cheers, Ben

Answer 1

原来是我的相机Web服务器。