Commit c0765c23 authored by Fred Drake's avatar Fred Drake

Minor changes.

parent c825280e
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HTTP protocol client}
\declaremodule{standard}{httplib}
\modulesynopsis{HTTP protocol client (requires sockets).}
\modulesynopsis{HTTP and HTTPS protocol client (requires sockets).}
\indexii{HTTP}{protocol}
This module defines a class which implements the client side of the
HTTP protocol. It is normally not used directly --- the module
\refmodule{urllib}\refstmodindex{urllib} uses it to handle URLs that
use HTTP.
This module defines classes which implement the client side of the
HTTP and HTTPS protocols. It is normally not used directly --- the
module \refmodule{urllib}\refstmodindex{urllib} uses it to handle URLs
that use HTTP and HTTPS. \strong{Note:} HTTPS support is only
available if the \refmodule{socket} module was compiled with SSL
support.
The module defines one class, \class{HTTP}:
......@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ read, using the \method{read()}, \method{readline()} or
\method{readlines()} methods.
\end{methoddesc}
\subsection{Examples \label{httplib-examples}}
Here is an example session that uses the \samp{GET} method:
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