Use requests library for the initial WAPI connection.

pytahoe/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import urllib, urllib2, json, time, os, re, requests
+import json, time, os, re, requests
 
 try:
 	from fs.contrib.tahoelafs import TahoeLAFS
@@ -35,17 +35,12 @@ class Filesystem:
 			url = url[:-1]
 		
 		try:
-			result = urllib.urlopen("%s/statistics?t=json" % url).read()
-		except urllib.URLError:
-			raise FilesystemException("The provided WAPI URL is not reachable.")
-		
-		try:
-			data = json.loads(result)
-		except ValueError:
-			raise FilesystemException("The provided WAPI URL is either not running Tahoe-LAFS, or running a version that is too old.")
+			data = requests.get("%s/statistics?t=json" % url).json
+		except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
+			raise FilesystemException("The provided WAPI URL is either not reachable, or not running a recent version of Tahoe-LAFS.")
 		
-		if "node.uptime" not in data['stats']:
-			raise FilesystemException("The provided WAPI URL is either not running Tahoe-LAFS, or running a version that is too old.")
+		if data is None:
+			raise FilesystemException("The provided URL is not running a recent version of Tahoe-LAFS.")
 		
 		self.url = url
 		self.start_date = time.time() - data['stats']['node.uptime']

test.py

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import pytahoe
 
 fs = pytahoe.Filesystem("http://localhost:3456/")
+print fs
 #tdir = fs.Directory("URI:DIR2:jjw572jvowd473fo2n7rw6uiai:hloglrouhwgjpubcpyq5nrb4ezyijdfiboe3hquadgzjrmkdikxa")
 #print tdir
 #for name, item in tdir.children.iteritems():
 #	print "%s: %s" % (name, item)
 
 #print fs.create_directory().mount("test")
-print fs.upload("test.py")
+#print fs.upload("test.py")