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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1998-03-12 05:54:02 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1998-03-12 05:54:02 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex b/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex index ed59c9c..d578ae2 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex @@ -1,55 +1,54 @@ \section{Standard Module \sectcode{httplib}} \label{module-httplib} \stmodindex{httplib} -\index{HTTP} +\indexii{HTTP}{protocol} -\setindexsubitem{(in module httplib)} This module defines a class which implements the client side of the HTTP protocol. It is normally not used directly --- the module -\code{urllib} uses it to handle URLs that use HTTP. -\refstmodindex{urllib} +\module{urllib}\refstmodindex{urllib} uses it to handle URLs that use +HTTP. -The module defines one class, \code{HTTP}. An \code{HTTP} instance +The module defines one class, \class{HTTP}. An \class{HTTP} instance represents one transaction with an HTTP server. It should be instantiated passing it a host and optional port number. If no port number is passed, the port is extracted from the host string if it has -the form \code{host:port}, else the default HTTP port (80) is used. -If no host is passed, no connection is made, and the \code{connect} -method should be used to connect to a server. For example, the -following calls all create instances that connect to the server at the -same host and port: +the form \code{\var{host}:\var{port}}, else the default HTTP port (80) +is used. If no host is passed, no connection is made, and the +\method{connect()} method should be used to connect to a server. For +example, the following calls all create instances that connect to the +server at the same host and port: \begin{verbatim} >>> h1 = httplib.HTTP('www.cwi.nl') >>> h2 = httplib.HTTP('www.cwi.nl:80') >>> h3 = httplib.HTTP('www.cwi.nl', 80) \end{verbatim} -% -Once an \code{HTTP} instance has been connected to an HTTP server, it + +Once an \class{HTTP} instance has been connected to an HTTP server, it should be used as follows: \begin{enumerate} -\item[1.] Make exactly one call to the \code{putrequest()} method. +\item[1.] Make exactly one call to the \method{putrequest()} method. -\item[2.] Make zero or more calls to the \code{putheader()} method. +\item[2.] Make zero or more calls to the \method{putheader()} method. -\item[3.] Call the \code{endheaders()} method (this can be omitted if +\item[3.] Call the \method{endheaders()} method (this can be omitted if step 4 makes no calls). -\item[4.] Optional calls to the \code{send()} method. +\item[4.] Optional calls to the \method{send()} method. -\item[5.] Call the \code{getreply()} method. +\item[5.] Call the \method{getreply()} method. -\item[6.] Call the \code{getfile()} method and read the data off the +\item[6.] Call the \method{getfile()} method and read the data off the file object that it returns. \end{enumerate} \subsection{HTTP Objects} -\code{HTTP} instances have the following methods: +\class{HTTP} instances have the following methods: \setindexsubitem{(HTTP method)} @@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ The default debug level is \code{0}, meaning no debugging output is printed. \end{funcdesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{connect}{host\optional{\, port}} +\begin{funcdesc}{connect}{host\optional{, port}} Connect to the server given by \var{host} and \var{port}. See the intro for the default port. This should be called directly only if the instance was instantiated without passing a host. @@ -67,18 +66,18 @@ the instance was instantiated without passing a host. \begin{funcdesc}{send}{data} Send data to the server. This should be used directly only after the -\code{endheaders()} method has been called and before -\code{getreply()} has been called. +\method{endheaders()} method has been called and before +\method{getreply()} has been called. \end{funcdesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{putrequest}{request\, selector} +\begin{funcdesc}{putrequest}{request, selector} This should be the first call after the connection to the server has been made. It sends a line to the server consisting of the \var{request} string, the \var{selector} string, and the HTTP version (\code{HTTP/1.0}). \end{funcdesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{putheader}{header\, argument\optional{\, ...}} +\begin{funcdesc}{putheader}{header, argument\optional{, ...}} Send an \rfc{822} style header to the server. It sends a line to the server consisting of the header, a colon and a space, and the first argument. If more arguments are given, continuation lines are sent, @@ -91,20 +90,20 @@ Send a blank line to the server, signalling the end of the headers. \begin{funcdesc}{getreply}{} Complete the request by shutting down the sending end of the socket, -read the reply from the server, and return a triple (\var{replycode}, -\var{message}, \var{headers}). Here \var{replycode} is the integer -reply code from the request (e.g.\ \code{200} if the request was -handled properly); \var{message} is the message string corresponding -to the reply code; and \var{headers} is an instance of the class -\code{mimetools.Message} containing the headers received from the server. -See the description of the \code{mimetools} module. -\refstmodindex{mimetools} +read the reply from the server, and return a triple +\code{(\var{replycode}, \var{message}, \var{headers})}. Here, +\var{replycode} is the integer reply code from the request (e.g.\ +\code{200} if the request was handled properly); \var{message} is the +message string corresponding to the reply code; and \var{headers} is +an instance of the class \class{mimetools.Message} containing the +headers received from the server. See the description of the +\module{mimetools}\refstmodindex{mimetools} module. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getfile}{} Return a file object from which the data returned by the server can be -read, using the \code{read()}, \code{readline()} or \code{readlines()} -methods. +read, using the \method{read()}, \method{readline()} or +\method{readlines()} methods. \end{funcdesc} \subsection{Example} |