Re: Python as a HTTP Client
David Rasmussen wrote:
> I do know about www.python.org. I do an extensive amount of googling in
> general and searching at python.org before I ask questions such as this.
> I did stumble upon urllib, urllib2 and httplib in the documentation, but
> let me assure you, as a newbie, that finding this documentation doesn't
> make one go "ah, this is what I was looking for".
> Specifically, I can't see from reference documentation whether something
> even smarter or more highlevel exists.
hmm. so if that was your question, why did you write:
I am writing a program that has to do some lightweight HTTP
communication with a webserver on the internet. I haven't checked, but
I'm sure I could do something lowlevel like opening a socket myself and
then send/receive everything myself on this (how do I do that?), but
I'd bet that Python have some module which is more high level.
Something that would just let me connect using an URL, send a few GETs,
and receive the answer as a string/file etc.
? ("I haven't checked ... but I'd bet" doesn't really sound like "I've checked
the docs and found a couple of modules that seem to do this, but I wonder
if there is something better out there")
...especially if you had already seen the tutorial's
Internet Protocols
There are a number of modules for accessing the internet and processing
internet protocols. Two of the simplest are urllib2 for retrieving data
from urls /.../
(followed by a brief example that shows how to read from an URL)
or the reference guide's
urllib -- Open arbitrary resources by URL
This module provides a high-level interface for fetching data across the
World Wide Web. In particular, the urlopen() function is similar to the
built-
in function open(), but accepts Universal Resource Locators (URLs) instead
of filenames.
or
urllib2 -- extensible library for opening URLs
The urllib2 module defines functions and classes which help in opening URLs
(mostly HTTP) in a complex world -- basic and digest authentication, re-
directions, cookies and more.
which all seem to match "something that would just let me connect
using an URL" pretty well.
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Re: Python as a HTTP Client
James Tanis wrote: > If you haven't discovered www.python.org yet I suggest going there :P. > You will find there the documentation you need under the conspicuous > name library reference. Specifically the modules you'd probably most > be interested in are urllib/urllib2/httplib depending on what you > need. Their may be other external modules which fit your task even > better, try doing a search through the Python Package Index.. > To both you and Frederik: I do know about www.python.org. I do an extensive amount of googling in general and searching at python.org before I ask questions such as this. I did stumble upon urllib, urllib2 and httplib in the documentation, but let me assure you, as a newbie, that finding this documentation doesn't make one go "ah, this is what I was looking for". Specifically, I can't see from reference documentation whether something even smarter or more highlevel exists. Fuzzyman's link did the trick. It also helped me (after reading his articles) to understand the reference documentation better. /David -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python as a HTTP Client
Fuzzyman wrote: > ``urllib2`` is the standard library module you need. > > I've written a guide to using it (although it's very easy - but some > attributes of the errors it can raise aren't documented) : > > http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/urllib2.shtml > > All the best, > > Fuzzyman > http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml > Excellent site! /David -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python as a HTTP Client
If you haven't discovered www.python.org yet I suggest going there :P. You will find there the documentation you need under the conspicuous name library reference. Specifically the modules you'd probably most be interested in are urllib/urllib2/httplib depending on what you need. Their may be other external modules which fit your task even better, try doing a search through the Python Package Index.. On 10 Nov 2005 05:02:32 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am writing a program that has to do some lightweight HTTP > communication with a webserver on the internet. I haven't checked, but > I'm sure I could do something lowlevel like opening a socket myself and > then send/receive everything myself on this (how do I do that?), but > I'd bet that Python have some module which is more high level. > Something that would just let me connect using an URL, send a few GETs, > and receive the answer as a string/file etc. > > Does this exist, and where can I read about it? > > /David > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- James Tanis [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pycoder.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Python as a HTTP Client
I am writing a program that has to do some lightweight HTTP communication with a webserver on the internet. I haven't checked, but I'm sure I could do something lowlevel like opening a socket myself and then send/receive everything myself on this (how do I do that?), but I'd bet that Python have some module which is more high level. Something that would just let me connect using an URL, send a few GETs, and receive the answer as a string/file etc. Does this exist, and where can I read about it? /David -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python as a HTTP Client
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: >I am writing a program that has to do some lightweight HTTP > communication with a webserver on the internet. I haven't checked, but > I'm sure I could do something lowlevel like opening a socket myself and > then send/receive everything myself on this (how do I do that?), but > I'd bet that Python have some module which is more high level. before proceeding, could you PLEASE spend a few minutes browsing the following chapters http://docs.python.org/tut/node12.html http://docs.python.org/tut/node13.html as well as this page: http://docs.python.org/lib/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Python as a HTTP Client
I am writing a program that has to do some lightweight HTTP communication with a webserver on the internet. I haven't checked, but I'm sure I could do something lowlevel like opening a socket myself and then send/receive everything myself on this (how do I do that?), but I'd bet that Python have some module which is more high level. Something that would just let me connect using an URL, send a few GETs, and receive the answer as a string/file etc. Does this exist, and where can I read about it? /David -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python as a HTTP Client
``urllib2`` is the standard library module you need. I've written a guide to using it (although it's very easy - but some attributes of the errors it can raise aren't documented) : http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/urllib2.shtml All the best, Fuzzyman http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
