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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex | 19 |
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex b/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex index efdeac3..cb2dcc5 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ read, using the \method{read()}, \method{readline()} or \subsection{Example} \nodename{HTTP Example} -Here is an example session: +Here is an example session that uses the \samp{GET} method: \begin{verbatim} >>> import httplib @@ -129,3 +129,20 @@ Here is an example session: >>> data = f.read() # Get the raw HTML >>> f.close() \end{verbatim} + +Here is an example session that shows how to \samp{POST} requests: + +\begin{verbatim} +>>> import httplib, urllib +>>> params = urllib.urlencode({'spam': 1, 'eggs': 2, 'bacon': 0}) +>>> h = httplib.HTTP("www.musi-cal.com:80") +>>> h.putrequest("POST", "/cgi-bin/query") +>>> h.putheader("Content-length", "%d" % len(params)) +>>> h.putheader('Accept', 'text/plain') +>>> h.putheader('Host', 'www.musi-cal.com') +>>> h.endheaders() +>>> h.send(paramstring) +>>> reply, msg, hdrs = h.getreply() +>>> print errcode # should be 200 +>>> data = h.getfile().read() # get the raw HTML +\end{verbatim} |