Re: Understanding http proxies

2012-10-15 Thread Olive
Thank you for all yours answers. There are very usefull! Olive -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Understanding http proxies

2012-10-14 Thread Tim Roberts
Olive di...@bigfoot.com wrote: it seems when I read the code above that the proxy acts mostly as an orinary server with respect to the client except that it is supposed to receive the full URL instead of just the path. Am I right? Is there any documentation on what an http proxy is supposed to

Re: Understanding http proxies

2012-10-14 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 13Oct2012 20:43, Olive di...@bigfoot.com wrote: | I am trying to understand how to build an http proxy server in python, | and I have found the following example: | http://www.oki-osk.jp/esc/python/proxy/ | | But I do not have found an exact description of what exactly a proxy | server is

Understanding http proxies

2012-10-13 Thread Olive
I am trying to understand how to build an http proxy server in python, and I have found the following example: http://www.oki-osk.jp/esc/python/proxy/ But I do not have found an exact description of what exactly a proxy server is suppose to do (all references gice only the basic principe of

Re: Understanding http proxies

2012-10-13 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 5:43 AM, Olive di...@bigfoot.com wrote: it seems when I read the code above that the proxy acts mostly as an orinary server with respect to the client except that it is supposed to receive the full URL instead of just the path. Am I right? Is there any documentation on