if condition not working in python -

import light import urllib2  true = 1 while(true):                 try:                         response = urllib2.urlopen('http://192.168.1.6/light.php')                         status = response.read()                 except urllib2.httperror, e:                                         print e.code                  except urllib2.urlerror, e:                                         print e.args                  print status                 if status=='17':                         light.lighton();                 elif status=='0':                         light.lightoff(); 

wild guess: response terminated newline. try this:

            status = status.strip()             print status             if status=='17':                     light.lighton();             elif status=='0':                     light.lightoff();