Module urllib2 :: Class AbstractHTTPHandler

Class AbstractHTTPHandler

BaseHandler --+
              |
             AbstractHTTPHandler

Known Subclasses:

HTTPHandler
, HTTPSHandler

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, debuglevel=0)

set_http_debuglevel(self, level)

do_request_(self, request)

do_open(self, http_class, req)
Return an addinfourl object for the request, using http_class.

Inherited from BaseHandler: __lt__, add_parent, close

Class Variables

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Inherited from BaseHandler: handler_order

Method Details

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do_open(self, http_class, req)

Return an addinfourl object for the request, using http_class.

http_class must implement the HTTPConnection API from httplib. The addinfourl return value is a file-like object. It also has methods and attributes including:

info(): return a mimetools.Message object for the headers
geturl(): return the original request URL
code: HTTP status code