TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A46   
   MSGID: 1:106/127 f743b3e8   
   TZUTC: -0600   
   On 05 Feb 2021, Wilfred van Velzen said the following...   
    Wv>  CP> python scraping.py   
    Wv>  CP> File "scraping.py", line 5   
    Wv>  CP>   def   
    Wv>  CP> hackernews_rss('https://news.ycombinator.com/rss'):   
    Wv>  CP>                                        ^   
    Wv>  CP>  SyntaxError: invalid   
    Wv>  CP> syntax   
    Wv>    
    Wv>    
    Wv>    
    Wv>  CP> The code is:   
    Wv>    
    Wv>  CP> # scraping function   
    Wv>  CP> def hackernews_rss('https://news.ycombinator.com/rss'):   
    Wv>    
    Wv> There should be a variable there between the (), not a constant in this    
    Wv> function definition.   
      
   Ah, so my source is wrong.   
      
    Wv>  CP>     try:   
    Wv>  CP>         r = requests.get()   
    Wv>    
    Wv> Is 'requests' defined of set somewhere? I don't see it.   
      
   I'm going through the steps as they were laid out.  I was hoping that going   
   through the steps of sonething that says it works would help me pick it up   
   better.Apparently this was a poor choice.   
      
   --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)   
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