Patch #800236: add HTTPResponse.getheaders().

3 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex b/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex
index 8badc71..60fd7b1 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ Get the contents of the header \var{name}, or \var{default} if there is no
 matching header.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
+\begin{methoddesc}{getheaders}{}
+Return a list of (header, value) tuples. \versionadded{2.4}
+\end{methoddesc}
+
 \begin{datadesc}{msg}
   A \class{mimetools.Message} instance containing the response headers.
 \end{datadesc}
diff --git a/Lib/httplib.py b/Lib/httplib.py
index c0d372f..a4102ea 100644
--- a/Lib/httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/httplib.py
@@ -493,6 +493,12 @@ class HTTPResponse:
             raise ResponseNotReady()
         return self.msg.getheader(name, default)
 
+    def getheaders(self):
+        """Return list of (header, value) tuples."""
+        if self.msg is None:
+            raise ResponseNotReady()
+        return self.msg.items()
+
 
 class HTTPConnection:
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 95d9f8db..c6857dc 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ Extension modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- HTTPResponse has now a getheaders method.
+
 - Patch #1006219: let inspect.getsource handle '@' decorators. Thanks Simon
   Percivall.