From 1b5646ac569e493721364856b45629d6e5a46d6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vinay Sajip Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:37:50 +0000 Subject: Enhanced HTTPHandler documentation. --- Doc/library/logging.rst | 16 ++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) 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) -- cgit v0.12