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:mod:`http.client` --- HTTP protocol client
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===========================================
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.. module:: http.client
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:synopsis: HTTP and HTTPS protocol client (requires sockets).
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**Source code:** :source:`Lib/http/client.py`
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.. index::
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pair: HTTP; protocol
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single: HTTP; http.client (standard module)
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.. index:: module: urllib.request
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--------------
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This module defines classes which implement the client side of the HTTP and
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HTTPS protocols. It is normally not used directly --- the module
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:mod:`urllib.request` uses it to handle URLs that use HTTP and HTTPS.
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.. seealso::
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The `Requests package <http://docs.python-requests.org/>`_
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is recommended for a higher-level HTTP client interface.
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.. note::
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HTTPS support is only available if Python was compiled with SSL support
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(through the :mod:`ssl` module).
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The module provides the following classes:
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.. class:: HTTPConnection(host, port=None[, timeout], source_address=None, \
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blocksize=8192)
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An :class:`HTTPConnection` instance represents one transaction with an HTTP
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server. It should be instantiated passing it a host and optional port
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number. If no port number is passed, the port is extracted from the host
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string if it has the form ``host:port``, else the default HTTP port (80) is
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used. If the optional *timeout* parameter is given, blocking
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operations (like connection attempts) will timeout after that many seconds
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(if it is not given, the global default timeout setting is used).
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The optional *source_address* parameter may be a tuple of a (host, port)
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to use as the source address the HTTP connection is made from.
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The optional *blocksize* parameter sets the buffer size in bytes for
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sending a file-like message body.
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For example, the following calls all create instances that connect to the server
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at the same host and port::
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>>> h1 = http.client.HTTPConnection('www.python.org')
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>>> h2 = http.client.HTTPConnection('www.python.org:80')
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>>> h3 = http.client.HTTPConnection('www.python.org', 80)
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>>> h4 = http.client.HTTPConnection('www.python.org', 80, timeout=10)
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.. versionchanged:: 3.2
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*source_address* was added.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.4
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The *strict* parameter was removed. HTTP 0.9-style "Simple Responses" are
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not longer supported.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.7
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*blocksize* parameter was added.
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.. class:: HTTPSConnection(host, port=None, key_file=None, \
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cert_file=None[, timeout], \
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source_address=None, *, context=None, \
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check_hostname=None, blocksize=8192)
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A subclass of :class:`HTTPConnection` that uses SSL for communication with
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secure servers. Default port is ``443``. If *context* is specified, it
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must be a :class:`ssl.SSLContext` instance describing the various SSL
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options.
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Please read :ref:`ssl-security` for more information on best practices.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.2
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*source_address*, *context* and *check_hostname* were added.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.2
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This class now supports HTTPS virtual hosts if possible (that is,
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if :data:`ssl.HAS_SNI` is true).
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.. versionchanged:: 3.4
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The *strict* parameter was removed. HTTP 0.9-style "Simple Responses" are
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no longer supported.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.4.3
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This class now performs all the necessary certificate and hostname checks
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by default. To revert to the previous, unverified, behavior
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:func:`ssl._create_unverified_context` can be passed to the *context*
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parameter.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.7.4
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This class now enables TLS 1.3
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:attr:`ssl.SSLContext.post_handshake_auth` for the default *context* or
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when *cert_file* is passed with a custom *context*.
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.. deprecated:: 3.6
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*key_file* and *cert_file* are deprecated in favor of *context*.
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Please use :meth:`ssl.SSLContext.load_cert_chain` instead, or let
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:func:`ssl.create_default_context` select the system's trusted CA
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certificates for you.
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The *check_hostname* parameter is also deprecated; the
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:attr:`ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname` attribute of *context* should
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be used instead.
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.. class:: HTTPResponse(sock, debuglevel=0, method=None, url=None)
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Class whose instances are returned upon successful connection. Not
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instantiated directly by user.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.4
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The *strict* parameter was removed. HTTP 0.9 style "Simple Responses" are
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no longer supported.
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The following exceptions are raised as appropriate:
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.. exception:: HTTPException
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The base class of the other exceptions in this module. It is a subclass of
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:exc:`Exception`.
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.. exception:: NotConnected
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A subclass of :exc:`HTTPException`.
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.. exception:: InvalidURL
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A subclass of :exc:`HTTPException`, raised if a port is given and is either
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non-numeric or empty.
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.. exception:: UnknownProtocol
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A subclass of :exc:`HTTPException`.
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.. exception:: UnknownTransferEncoding
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A subclass of :exc:`HTTPException`.
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.. exception:: UnimplementedFileMode
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A subclass of :exc:`HTTPException`.
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.. exception:: IncompleteRead
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A subclass of :exc:`HTTPException`.
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.. exception:: ImproperConnectionState
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A subclass of :exc:`HTTPException`.
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.. exception:: CannotSendRequest
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A subclass of :exc:`ImproperConnectionState`.
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.. exception:: CannotSendHeader
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A subclass of :exc:`ImproperConnectionState`.
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.. exception:: ResponseNotReady
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A subclass of :exc:`ImproperConnectionState`.
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.. exception:: BadStatusLine
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A subclass of :exc:`HTTPException`. Raised if a server responds with a HTTP
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status code that we don't understand.
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.. exception:: LineTooLong
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A subclass of :exc:`HTTPException`. Raised if an excessively long line
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is received in the HTTP protocol from the server.
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.. exception:: RemoteDisconnected
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A subclass of :exc:`ConnectionResetError` and :exc:`BadStatusLine`. Raised
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by :meth:`HTTPConnection.getresponse` when the attempt to read the response
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results in no data read from the connection, indicating that the remote end
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has closed the connection.
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.. versionadded:: 3.5
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Previously, :exc:`BadStatusLine`\ ``('')`` was raised.
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The constants defined in this module are:
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.. data:: HTTP_PORT
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The default port for the HTTP protocol (always ``80``).
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.. data:: HTTPS_PORT
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The default port for the HTTPS protocol (always ``443``).
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.. data:: responses
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This dictionary maps the HTTP 1.1 status codes to the W3C names.
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Example: ``http.client.responses[http.client.NOT_FOUND]`` is ``'Not Found'``.
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See :ref:`http-status-codes` for a list of HTTP status codes that are
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available in this module as constants.
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.. _httpconnection-objects:
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HTTPConnection Objects
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----------------------
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:class:`HTTPConnection` instances have the following methods:
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.. method:: HTTPConnection.request(method, url, body=None, headers={}, *, \
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encode_chunked=False)
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This will send a request to the server using the HTTP request
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method *method* and the selector *url*.
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If *body* is specified, the specified data is sent after the headers are
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finished. It may be a :class:`str`, a :term:`bytes-like object`, an
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open :term:`file object`, or an iterable of :class:`bytes`. If *body*
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is a string, it is encoded as ISO-8859-1, the default for HTTP. If it
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is a bytes-like object, the bytes are sent as is. If it is a :term:`file
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object`, the contents of the file is sent; this file object should
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support at least the ``read()`` method. If the file object is an
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instance of :class:`io.TextIOBase`, the data returned by the ``read()``
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method will be encoded as ISO-8859-1, otherwise the data returned by
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``read()`` is sent as is. If *body* is an iterable, the elements of the
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iterable are sent as is until the iterable is exhausted.
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The *headers* argument should be a mapping of extra HTTP headers to send
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with the request.
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If *headers* contains neither Content-Length nor Transfer-Encoding,
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but there is a request body, one of those
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header fields will be added automatically. If
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*body* is ``None``, the Content-Length header is set to ``0`` for
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methods that expect a body (``PUT``, ``POST``, and ``PATCH``). If
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*body* is a string or a bytes-like object that is not also a
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:term:`file <file object>`, the Content-Length header is
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set to its length. Any other type of *body* (files
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and iterables in general) will be chunk-encoded, and the
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Transfer-Encoding header will automatically be set instead of
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Content-Length.
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The *encode_chunked* argument is only relevant if Transfer-Encoding is
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specified in *headers*. If *encode_chunked* is ``False``, the
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HTTPConnection object assumes that all encoding is handled by the
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calling code. If it is ``True``, the body will be chunk-encoded.
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.. note::
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Chunked transfer encoding has been added to the HTTP protocol
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version 1.1. Unless the HTTP server is known to handle HTTP 1.1,
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the caller must either specify the Content-Length, or must pass a
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:class:`str` or bytes-like object that is not also a file as the
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body representation.
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.. versionadded:: 3.2
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*body* can now be an iterable.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.6
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If neither Content-Length nor Transfer-Encoding are set in
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*headers*, file and iterable *body* objects are now chunk-encoded.
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The *encode_chunked* argument was added.
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No attempt is made to determine the Content-Length for file
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objects.
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.. method:: HTTPConnection.getresponse()
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Should be called after a request is sent to get the response from the server.
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Returns an :class:`HTTPResponse` instance.
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.. note::
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Note that you must have read the whole response before you can send a new
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request to the server.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.5
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If a :exc:`ConnectionError` or subclass is raised, the
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:class:`HTTPConnection` object will be ready to reconnect when
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a new request is sent.
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.. method:: HTTPConnection.set_debuglevel(level)
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Set the debugging level. The default debug level is ``0``, meaning no
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debugging output is printed. Any value greater than ``0`` will cause all
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currently defined debug output to be printed to stdout. The ``debuglevel``
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is passed to any new :class:`HTTPResponse` objects that are created.
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.. versionadded:: 3.1
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.. method:: HTTPConnection.set_tunnel(host, port=None, headers=None)
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Set the host and the port for HTTP Connect Tunnelling. This allows running
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the connection through a proxy server.
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The host and port arguments specify the endpoint of the tunneled connection
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(i.e. the address included in the CONNECT request, *not* the address of the
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proxy server).
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The headers argument should be a mapping of extra HTTP headers to send with
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the CONNECT request.
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For example, to tunnel through a HTTPS proxy server running locally on port
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8080, we would pass the address of the proxy to the :class:`HTTPSConnection`
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constructor, and the address of the host that we eventually want to reach to
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the :meth:`~HTTPConnection.set_tunnel` method::
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>>> import http.client
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>>> conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("localhost", 8080)
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>>> conn.set_tunnel("www.python.org")
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>>> conn.request("HEAD","/index.html")
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.. versionadded:: 3.2
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.. method:: HTTPConnection.connect()
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Connect to the server specified when the object was created. By default,
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this is called automatically when making a request if the client does not
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already have a connection.
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.. method:: HTTPConnection.close()
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Close the connection to the server.
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.. attribute:: HTTPConnection.blocksize
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Buffer size in bytes for sending a file-like message body.
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.. versionadded:: 3.7
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As an alternative to using the :meth:`request` method described above, you can
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also send your request step by step, by using the four functions below.
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.. method:: HTTPConnection.putrequest(method, url, skip_host=False, \
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skip_accept_encoding=False)
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This should be the first call after the connection to the server has been
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made. It sends a line to the server consisting of the *method* string,
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the *url* string, and the HTTP version (``HTTP/1.1``). To disable automatic
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sending of ``Host:`` or ``Accept-Encoding:`` headers (for example to accept
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additional content encodings), specify *skip_host* or *skip_accept_encoding*
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with non-False values.
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.. method:: HTTPConnection.putheader(header, argument[, ...])
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Send an :rfc:`822`\ -style header to the server. It sends a line to the server
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consisting of the header, a colon and a space, and the first argument. If more
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arguments are given, continuation lines are sent, each consisting of a tab and
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an argument.
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.. method:: HTTPConnection.endheaders(message_body=None, *, encode_chunked=False)
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Send a blank line to the server, signalling the end of the headers. The
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optional *message_body* argument can be used to pass a message body
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associated with the request.
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If *encode_chunked* is ``True``, the result of each iteration of
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*message_body* will be chunk-encoded as specified in :rfc:`7230`,
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Section 3.3.1. How the data is encoded is dependent on the type of
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*message_body*. If *message_body* implements the :ref:`buffer interface
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<bufferobjects>` the encoding will result in a single chunk.
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If *message_body* is a :class:`collections.abc.Iterable`, each iteration
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of *message_body* will result in a chunk. If *message_body* is a
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:term:`file object`, each call to ``.read()`` will result in a chunk.
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The method automatically signals the end of the chunk-encoded data
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immediately after *message_body*.
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.. note:: Due to the chunked encoding specification, empty chunks
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yielded by an iterator body will be ignored by the chunk-encoder.
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This is to avoid premature termination of the read of the request by
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the target server due to malformed encoding.
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.. versionadded:: 3.6
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Chunked encoding support. The *encode_chunked* parameter was
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added.
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.. method:: HTTPConnection.send(data)
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Send data to the server. This should be used directly only after the
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:meth:`endheaders` method has been called and before :meth:`getresponse` is
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called.
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.. _httpresponse-objects:
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HTTPResponse Objects
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--------------------
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An :class:`HTTPResponse` instance wraps the HTTP response from the
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server. It provides access to the request headers and the entity
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body. The response is an iterable object and can be used in a with
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statement.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.5
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The :class:`io.BufferedIOBase` interface is now implemented and
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all of its reader operations are supported.
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.. method:: HTTPResponse.read([amt])
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Reads and returns the response body, or up to the next *amt* bytes.
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.. method:: HTTPResponse.readinto(b)
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Reads up to the next len(b) bytes of the response body into the buffer *b*.
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Returns the number of bytes read.
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.. versionadded:: 3.3
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.. method:: HTTPResponse.getheader(name, default=None)
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Return the value of the header *name*, or *default* if there is no header
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matching *name*. If there is more than one header with the name *name*,
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return all of the values joined by ', '. If 'default' is any iterable other
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than a single string, its elements are similarly returned joined by commas.
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.. method:: HTTPResponse.getheaders()
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Return a list of (header, value) tuples.
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.. method:: HTTPResponse.fileno()
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Return the ``fileno`` of the underlying socket.
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.. attribute:: HTTPResponse.msg
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A :class:`http.client.HTTPMessage` instance containing the response
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headers. :class:`http.client.HTTPMessage` is a subclass of
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:class:`email.message.Message`.
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.. attribute:: HTTPResponse.version
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HTTP protocol version used by server. 10 for HTTP/1.0, 11 for HTTP/1.1.
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.. attribute:: HTTPResponse.status
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Status code returned by server.
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.. attribute:: HTTPResponse.reason
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Reason phrase returned by server.
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.. attribute:: HTTPResponse.debuglevel
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A debugging hook. If :attr:`debuglevel` is greater than zero, messages
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will be printed to stdout as the response is read and parsed.
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.. attribute:: HTTPResponse.closed
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Is ``True`` if the stream is closed.
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Examples
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--------
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Here is an example session that uses the ``GET`` method::
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>>> import http.client
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>>> conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("www.python.org")
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>>> conn.request("GET", "/")
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>>> r1 = conn.getresponse()
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>>> print(r1.status, r1.reason)
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200 OK
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>>> data1 = r1.read() # This will return entire content.
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>>> # The following example demonstrates reading data in chunks.
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>>> conn.request("GET", "/")
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>>> r1 = conn.getresponse()
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>>> while not r1.closed:
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... print(r1.read(200)) # 200 bytes
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b'<!doctype html>\n<!--[if"...
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...
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>>> # Example of an invalid request
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>>> conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("docs.python.org")
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>>> conn.request("GET", "/parrot.spam")
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>>> r2 = conn.getresponse()
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>>> print(r2.status, r2.reason)
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404 Not Found
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>>> data2 = r2.read()
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>>> conn.close()
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Here is an example session that uses the ``HEAD`` method. Note that the
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``HEAD`` method never returns any data. ::
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>>> import http.client
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>>> conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("www.python.org")
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>>> conn.request("HEAD", "/")
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>>> res = conn.getresponse()
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>>> print(res.status, res.reason)
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200 OK
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>>> data = res.read()
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>>> print(len(data))
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0
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>>> data == b''
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True
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||||
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Here is an example session that shows how to ``POST`` requests::
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||||
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>>> import http.client, urllib.parse
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||||
>>> params = urllib.parse.urlencode({'@number': 12524, '@type': 'issue', '@action': 'show'})
|
||||
>>> headers = {"Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
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... "Accept": "text/plain"}
|
||||
>>> conn = http.client.HTTPConnection("bugs.python.org")
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||||
>>> conn.request("POST", "", params, headers)
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||||
>>> response = conn.getresponse()
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||||
>>> print(response.status, response.reason)
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||||
302 Found
|
||||
>>> data = response.read()
|
||||
>>> data
|
||||
b'Redirecting to <a href="http://bugs.python.org/issue12524">http://bugs.python.org/issue12524</a>'
|
||||
>>> conn.close()
|
||||
|
||||
Client side ``HTTP PUT`` requests are very similar to ``POST`` requests. The
|
||||
difference lies only the server side where HTTP server will allow resources to
|
||||
be created via ``PUT`` request. It should be noted that custom HTTP methods
|
||||
+are also handled in :class:`urllib.request.Request` by sending the appropriate
|
||||
+method attribute.Here is an example session that shows how to do ``PUT``
|
||||
request using http.client::
|
||||
|
||||
>>> # This creates an HTTP message
|
||||
>>> # with the content of BODY as the enclosed representation
|
||||
>>> # for the resource http://localhost:8080/file
|
||||
...
|
||||
>>> import http.client
|
||||
>>> BODY = "***filecontents***"
|
||||
>>> conn = http.client.HTTPConnection("localhost", 8080)
|
||||
>>> conn.request("PUT", "/file", BODY)
|
||||
>>> response = conn.getresponse()
|
||||
>>> print(response.status, response.reason)
|
||||
200, OK
|
||||
|
||||
.. _httpmessage-objects:
|
||||
|
||||
HTTPMessage Objects
|
||||
-------------------
|
||||
|
||||
An :class:`http.client.HTTPMessage` instance holds the headers from an HTTP
|
||||
response. It is implemented using the :class:`email.message.Message` class.
|
||||
|
||||
.. XXX Define the methods that clients can depend upon between versions.
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