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diff --git a/plip/exchange/webservices.py b/plip/exchange/webservices.py
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--- a/plip/exchange/webservices.py
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-import sys
-from urllib.error import HTTPError
-from urllib.request import urlopen
-
-import lxml.etree as et
-
-from plip.basic import logger
-
-logger = logger.get_logger()
-
-
-def check_pdb_status(pdbid):
-    """Returns the status and up-to-date entry in the PDB for a given PDB ID"""
-    url = 'http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/rest/idStatus?structureId=%s' % pdbid
-    xmlf = urlopen(url)
-    xml = et.parse(xmlf)
-    xmlf.close()
-    status = None
-    current_pdbid = pdbid
-    for df in xml.xpath('//record'):
-        status = df.attrib['status']  # Status of an entry can be either 'UNKWOWN', 'OBSOLETE', or 'CURRENT'
-        if status == 'OBSOLETE':
-            current_pdbid = df.attrib['replacedBy']  # Contains the up-to-date PDB ID for obsolete entries
-    return [status, current_pdbid.lower()]
-
-
-def fetch_pdb(pdbid):
-    """Get the newest entry from the RCSB server for the given PDB ID. Exits with '1' if PDB ID is invalid."""
-    pdbid = pdbid.lower()
-    logger.info(f'checking status of PDB-ID {pdbid}')
-    state, current_entry = check_pdb_status(pdbid)  # Get state and current PDB ID
-
-    if state == 'OBSOLETE':
-        logger.info(f'entry is obsolete, getting {current_entry} instead')
-    elif state == 'CURRENT':
-        logger.info('entry is up-to-date')
-    elif state == 'UNKNOWN':
-        logger.error('invalid PDB-ID (entry does not exist on PDB server)')
-        sys.exit(1)
-    logger.info('downloading file from PDB')
-    # get URL for current entry
-    # @todo needs update to react properly on response codes of RCSB servers
-    pdburl = f'http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/files/{current_entry}.pdb'
-    try:
-        pdbfile = urlopen(pdburl).read().decode()
-        # If no PDB file is available, a text is now shown with "We're sorry, but ..."
-        # Could previously be distinguished by an HTTP error
-        if 'sorry' in pdbfile:
-            logger.error('no file in PDB format available from wwPDB for the given PDB ID.')
-            sys.exit(1)
-    except HTTPError:
-        logger.error('no file in PDB format available from wwPDB for the given PDB ID')
-        sys.exit(1)
-    return [pdbfile, current_entry]