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| author | Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk> | 2010-09-13 20:37:50 (GMT) |
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| committer | Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk> | 2010-09-13 20:37:50 (GMT) |
| commit | 1b5646ac569e493721364856b45629d6e5a46d6a (patch) | |
| tree | 6361c5308ac5826acfc0f1fe6135bc4a70f2fbe6 | |
| parent | 9907918174976aa5514bd6f035b214949722d386 (diff) | |
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Enhanced HTTPHandler documentation.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.rst b/Doc/library/logging.rst index f3d1445..d28d4fa 100644 --- a/Doc/library/logging.rst +++ b/Doc/library/logging.rst @@ -2578,12 +2578,16 @@ supports sending logging messages to a Web server, using either ``GET`` or ``POST`` semantics. -.. class:: HTTPHandler(host, url, method='GET') - - Returns a new instance of the :class:`HTTPHandler` class. The instance is - initialized with a host address, url and HTTP method. The *host* can be of the - form ``host:port``, should you need to use a specific port number. If no - *method* is specified, ``GET`` is used. +.. class:: HTTPHandler(host, url, method='GET', secure=False, credentials=None) + + Returns a new instance of the :class:`HTTPHandler` class. The *host* can be + of the form ``host:port``, should you need to use a specific port number. + If no *method* is specified, ``GET`` is used. If *secure* is True, an HTTPS + connection will be used. If *credentials* is specified, it should be a + 2-tuple consisting of userid and password, which will be placed in an HTTP + 'Authorization' header using Basic authentication. If you specify + credentials, you should also specify secure=True so that your userid and + password are not passed in cleartext across the wire. .. method:: emit(record) |