import requests x = requests.get('http://www.pythonchallenge.com/pc/def/linkedlist.php?nothing=12345') list = x.text.split() print(list[-1]) while True: if x.text != "Yes. Divide by two and keep going.": x = requests.get('http://www.pythonchallenge.com/pc/def/linkedlist.php?nothing='+list[-1]) list = x.text.split() print("start ", x.text) else: div = 16044/2 x = requests.get('http://www.pythonchallenge.com/pc/def/linkedlist.php?nothing='+str(div)) list = x.text.split() print("next ", x.text)