Hello, I have a problem that is way outside my knowledge base and so have no clue where to start on it.

I'm trying to develop a python module that is capable of using the web in a limited way. It will need to visit an URL which will basically just return some XML which the module then parses.

Is there an already-existing module for the first part? I know (and am looking into) ways to interact with Firefox via Python, but I'd rather not have the module depend on using a browser. Like I said, this is way outside my comfort zone.

Thanks for any help!

Did you try the urllib module?

That... is precisely what I needed. Thank you so much.