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diff --git a/Doc/library/http.client.rst b/Doc/library/http.client.rst index 5599dac..2d93aa4 100644 --- a/Doc/library/http.client.rst +++ b/Doc/library/http.client.rst @@ -633,6 +633,24 @@ Here is an example session that shows how to ``POST`` requests:: b'Redirecting to <a href="http://bugs.python.org/issue12524">http://bugs.python.org/issue12524</a>' >>> conn.close() +Client side ``HTTP PUT`` requests are very similar to ``POST`` requests. The +difference lies only the server side where HTTP server will allow resources to +be created via ``PUT`` request. It should be noted that custom HTTP methods ++are also handled in :class:`urllib.request.Request` by sending the appropriate ++method attribute.Here is an example session that shows how to do ``PUT`` +request using http.client:: + + >>> # This creates an HTTP message + >>> # with the content of BODY as the enclosed representation + >>> # for the resource http://localhost:8080/foobar + ... + >>> import http.client + >>> BODY = "***filecontents***" + >>> conn = http.client.HTTPConnection("localhost", 8080) + >>> conn.request("PUT", "/file", BODY) + >>> response = conn.getresponse() + >>> print(resp.status, response.reason) + 200, OK .. _httpmessage-objects: |