Here is an example session that uses the "GET" method:
>>> import httplib >>> conn = httplib.HTTPConnection("www.python.org") >>> conn.request("GET", "/index.html") >>> r1 = conn.getresponse() >>> print r1.status, r1.reason 200 OK >>> data1 = r1.read() >>> conn.request("GET", "/parrot.spam") >>> r2 = conn.getresponse() >>> print r2.status, r2.reason 404 Not Found >>> data2 = r2.read() >>> conn.close()
Here is an example session that shows how to "POST" requests:
>>> import httplib, urllib >>> params = urllib.urlencode({'spam': 1, 'eggs': 2, 'bacon': 0}) >>> headers = {"Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", ... "Accept": "text/plain"} >>> conn = httplib.HTTPConnection("musi-cal.mojam.com:80") >>> conn.request("POST", "/cgi-bin/query", params, headers) >>> response = conn.getresponse() >>> print response.status, response.reason 200 OK >>> data = response.read() >>> conn.close()