URL Content Fetch with urllib3 and Error Handling

This function retrieves content from a specified URL using the urllib3 library. It handles the case where the content cannot be retrieved after reaching the maximum number of retries.

Technology Stack : urllib3, Python Standard Library

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
import urllib3
from urllib3.exceptions import MaxRetryError

def fetch_url_content(url):
    """
    Fetch the content from a given URL using urllib3 library.
    This function handles exceptions such as MaxRetryError.
    """
    http = urllib3.PoolManager()
    try:
        response = http.request('GET', url)
        return response.data
    except MaxRetryError:
        print("Failed to retrieve the content after maximum retries")
        return None

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