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diff --git a/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst b/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst index 3d5de32..584e8a6 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Data ---- Sometimes you want to send data to a URL (often the URL will refer to a CGI -(Common Gateway Interface) script [#]_ or other web application). With HTTP, +(Common Gateway Interface) script or other web application). With HTTP, this is often done using what's known as a **POST** request. This is often what your browser does when you submit a HTML form that you filled in on the web. Not all POSTs have to come from forms: you can use a POST to transmit arbitrary data @@ -572,8 +572,6 @@ Footnotes This document was reviewed and revised by John Lee. -.. [#] For an introduction to the CGI protocol see - `Writing Web Applications in Python <http://www.pyzine.com/Issue008/Section_Articles/article_CGIOne.html>`_. .. [#] Like Google for example. The *proper* way to use google from a program is to use `PyGoogle <http://pygoogle.sourceforge.net>`_ of course. See `Voidspace Google <http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/recipebook.shtml#google>`_ |