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 |
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Easy-to-use controller for Web browsers. |
| cgi |
|
Common Gateway Interface support, used to interpret
forms in server-side scripts. |
| cgitb |
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Configurable traceback handler for CGI scripts. |
| urllib |
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Open an arbitrary network resource by URL (requires sockets). |
| urllib2 |
|
An extensible library for opening URLs using a variety of
protocols |
| httplib |
|
HTTP and HTTPS protocol client (requires sockets). |
| ftplib |
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FTP protocol client (requires sockets). |
| gopherlib |
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Gopher protocol client (requires sockets). |
| poplib |
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POP3 protocol client (requires sockets). |
| imaplib |
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IMAP4 protocol client (requires sockets). |
| nntplib |
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NNTP protocol client (requires sockets). |
| smtplib |
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SMTP protocol client (requires sockets). |
| telnetlib |
|
Telnet client class. |
| urlparse |
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Parse URLs into components. |
| SocketServer |
|
A framework for network servers. |
| BaseHTTPServer |
|
Basic HTTP server (base class for
SimpleHTTPServer and CGIHTTPServer). |
| SimpleHTTPServer |
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This module provides a basic request handler for HTTP
servers. |
| CGIHTTPServer |
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This module provides a request handler for HTTP servers
which can run CGI scripts. |
| Cookie |
|
Support for HTTP state management (cookies). |
| xmlrpclib |
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XML-RPC client access. |
| SimpleXMLRPCServer |
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Basic XML-RPC server implementation. |
| DocXMLRPCServer |
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Self-documenting XML-RPC server implementation. |
| asyncore |
|
A base class for developing asynchronous socket
handling services. |
| asynchat |
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Support for asynchronous command/response protocols. |
