Class HTTPConnection

Known Subclasses:

HTTPSConnection

Nested Classes

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response_class

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, host, port=None, strict=None)

_set_hostport(self, host, port)

set_debuglevel(self, level)

connect(self)
Connect to the host and port specified in __init__.

close(self)
Close the connection to the HTTP server.

send(self, str)
Send `str' to the server.

_output(self, s)
Add a line of output to the current request buffer.

_send_output(self)
Send the currently buffered request and clear the buffer.

putrequest(self, method, url, skip_host=0, skip_accept_encoding=0)
Send a request to the server.

putheader(self, header, value)
Send a request header line to the server.

endheaders(self)
Indicate that the last header line has been sent to the server.

request(self, method, url, body=None, headers={})
Send a complete request to the server.

_send_request(self, method, url, body, headers)

getresponse(self)
Get the response from the server.

Class Variables

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_http_vsn = 11

_http_vsn_str = 'HTTP/1.1'

default_port = 80

auto_open = 1

debuglevel = 0

strict = 0

Method Details

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_output(self, s)

Add a line of output to the current request buffer.

Assumes that the line does *not* end with \r\n.

_send_output(self)

Send the currently buffered request and clear the buffer.

Appends an extra \r\n to the buffer.

putrequest(self, method, url, skip_host=0, skip_accept_encoding=0)

Send a request to the server.

`method' specifies an HTTP request method, e.g. 'GET'.
`url' specifies the object being requested, e.g. '/index.html'.
`skip_host' if True does not add automatically a 'Host:' header
`skip_accept_encoding' if True does not add automatically an
   'Accept-Encoding:' header

putheader(self, header, value)

Send a request header line to the server.

For example: h.putheader('Accept', 'text/html')