Commit a41c9426 authored by Senthil Kumaran's avatar Senthil Kumaran

Doc improvements suggested by Éric Araujo for the new 'HEAD' Request feature.

parent c6b4ef10
...@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ The following classes are provided: ...@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ The following classes are provided:
*method* should be a string that indicates the HTTP request method that *method* should be a string that indicates the HTTP request method that
will be used (e.g. ``'HEAD'``). Its value is stored in the will be used (e.g. ``'HEAD'``). Its value is stored in the
:attr:`Request.method` attribute and is used by :meth:`Request.get_method()`. :attr:`~Request.method` attribute and is used by :meth:`get_method()`.
.. versionchanged:: 3.3 .. versionchanged:: 3.3
:attr:`Request.method` argument is added to the Request class. :attr:`Request.method` argument is added to the Request class.
...@@ -379,11 +379,11 @@ request. ...@@ -379,11 +379,11 @@ request.
.. attribute:: Request.method .. attribute:: Request.method
The HTTP request method to use. This value is used by The HTTP request method to use. This value is used by
:meth:`Request.get_method` to override the computed HTTP request :meth:`~Request.get_method` to override the computed HTTP request
method that would otherwise be returned. This attribute is method that would otherwise be returned. This attribute is initialized with
initialized with the value of the *method* argument passed to the constructor. the value of the *method* argument passed to the constructor.
..versionadded:: 3.3 .. versionadded:: 3.3
.. method:: Request.add_data(data) .. method:: Request.add_data(data)
...@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ request. ...@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ request.
This is only meaningful for HTTP requests. This is only meaningful for HTTP requests.
.. versionchanged:: 3.3 .. versionchanged:: 3.3
get_method now looks at the value of :attr:`Request.method` first. get_method now looks at the value of :attr:`Request.method`.
.. method:: Request.has_data() .. method:: Request.has_data()
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...@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ urllib ...@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ urllib
The :class:`~urllib.request.Request` class, now accepts a *method* argument The :class:`~urllib.request.Request` class, now accepts a *method* argument
used by :meth:`~urllib.request.Request.get_method` to determine what HTTP method used by :meth:`~urllib.request.Request.get_method` to determine what HTTP method
should be used. For example, this will send an ``'HEAD'`` request:: should be used. For example, this will send a ``'HEAD'`` request::
>>> urlopen(Request('http://www.python.org', method='HEAD')) >>> urlopen(Request('http://www.python.org', method='HEAD'))
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