The modules described in this chapter implement Internet protocols and
support for related technology. They are all implemented in Python.
Most of these modules require the presence of the system-dependent
module socket , which is currently
supported on most popular platforms. Here is an overview:
| webbrowser |
Easy-to-use controller for Web browsers. |
| cgi |
Common Gateway Interface support, used to interpret
forms in server-side scripts. |
| urllib |
Open an arbitrary network resource by URL (requires sockets). |
| urllib2 |
An extensible library for opening URLs using a variety of
protocols |
| httplib |
HTTP protocol client (requires sockets). |
| ftplib |
FTP protocol client (requires sockets). |
| gopherlib |
Gopher protocol client (requires sockets). |
| poplib |
POP3 protocol client (requires sockets). |
| imaplib |
IMAP4 protocol client (requires sockets). |
| nntplib |
NNTP protocol client (requires sockets). |
| smtplib |
SMTP protocol client (requires sockets). |
| telnetlib |
Telnet client class. |
| urlparse |
Parse URLs into components. |
| SocketServer |
A framework for network servers. |
| BaseHTTPServer |
Basic HTTP server (base class for
SimpleHTTPServer and CGIHTTPServer). |
| SimpleHTTPServer |
This module provides a basic request handler for HTTP
servers. |
| CGIHTTPServer |
This module provides a request handler for HTTP servers
which can run CGI scripts. |
| Cookie |
Support for HTTP state management (cookies). |
| asyncore |
A base class for developing asynchronous socket
handling services. |
