Gio.File.new_for_uri fails on Gtk3/Python3 but works on Gtk2/Python2

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I have a simple program:

    caa_image_url = 'http://coverartarchive.org/release/b2f92161-35ad-4085-90ba-ed9337c1d770/25212249617-1200.jpg'
    giofile = Gio.File.new_for_uri(caa_image_url)

On a platform running Gtk2 and Python2, giofile is __gi__.GDaemonFile. On a platform running Gtk3 and Python3 it is __gi__.GDummyFile. The latter does not support any subsequent operations (e.g., read). Presumably it indicates that something went wrong with the new_for_uri. The glib networking packages on the platform where the command does not work are version 2.72. On the other platform they are version 2.48. I suspect that some package is missing on the platform where the command fails, but I cannot figure out what it might be. Any suggestions appreciated.

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Python2/Gtk2 is unsupported, and has nothing to do with Gio.

GIO is also not used to access/download files from a web server: it’s a file browsing API.

What are you trying to achieve?

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Thank you for replying.

I figured out that I needed to install gvfs-backends.

I am using Gio.File to aynchronously download image files from a web server. It works, but should I be using something else?

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Yes: you should use libsoup. Using Gio.File is not recommended for that use case, unless you’re writing a WebDAV file browser.

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