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Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file

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DFS wrote:

>> Is VB using a local web cache, and Python not?
> 
> I'm not specifying a local web cache with either (wouldn't know how or
> where to look).  If you have Windows, you can try it.

I don't have Windows, but if I'm to believe

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5235464/how-to-make-microsoft-xmlhttprequest-honor-cache-control-directive

the page is indeed cached and you can disable caching with

> Option Explicit
> Dim xmlHTTP, fso, fOut, startTime, endTime, webpage, webfile,i
> webpage = "http://econpy.pythonanywhere.com/ex/001.html"
> webfile  = "D:\econpy001.html"
> startTime = Timer
> For i = 1 to 10
> Set xmlHTTP = CreateObject("MSXML2.serverXMLHTTP")
> xmlHTTP.Open "GET", webpage
  
  xmlHTTP.setRequestHeader "Cache-Control", "max-age=0"

> xmlHTTP.Send
> Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
> Set fOut = fso.CreateTextFile(webfile, True)
> fOut.WriteLine xmlHTTP.ResponseText
> fOut.Close
> Set fOut    = Nothing
> Set fso     = Nothing
> Set xmlHTTP = Nothing
> Next
> endTime = Timer
> wscript.echo "Finished VBScript in " & FormatNumber(endTime -
> startTime,3) & " seconds"
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> save it to a .vbs file and run it like this:
> $cscript /nologo filename.vbs
> 

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Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 00:06 -0400
  Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-05-01 21:34 -0700
  Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-05-02 14:40 +1000
    Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 00:50 -0400
      Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-05-01 22:00 -0700
        Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 01:04 -0400
          Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-05-02 15:12 +1000
          Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-05-01 22:17 -0700
          Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-05-02 15:57 +1000
  Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-05-02 14:49 +1000
    Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 01:00 -0400
      Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-05-01 22:15 -0700
        Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 01:59 -0400
          Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-05-01 23:27 -0700
            Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 03:37 -0400
              Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-05-02 00:58 -0700
              Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2016-05-02 22:06 -0600
                Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-03 00:24 -0400
                Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2016-05-03 10:28 -0500
                Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-03 13:00 -0400
                Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2016-05-03 13:41 -0500
                Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-04 02:10 -0400
      Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-05-02 16:05 +1000
        Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 02:47 -0400
          Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-05-02 17:19 +1000
            Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 21:51 -0400
              Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-05-03 12:00 +1000
                Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 22:01 -0400
          Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-05-02 10:42 +0200
            Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 21:52 -0400
  Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-05-02 14:53 +1000
  Re: Fastest way to retrieve and write html contents to file Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2016-05-02 07:38 -0500

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