From 69c66f9a431e32df9e713eee1021ef1954a9be60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Senthil Kumaran Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:30:25 -0700 Subject: #17307 - Example of HTTP PUT Request using httplib --- Doc/library/httplib.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/library/httplib.rst b/Doc/library/httplib.rst index 1e37cdf..472fa61 100644 --- a/Doc/library/httplib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/httplib.rst @@ -612,3 +612,20 @@ Here is an example session that shows how to ``POST`` requests:: 'Redirecting to http://bugs.python.org/issue12524' >>> 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. Here is an example session that shows how to do +``PUT`` request using httplib:: + + >>> # This creates an HTTP message + >>> # with the content of BODY as the enclosed representation + >>> # for the resource http://localhost:8080/foobar + ... + >>> import httplib + >>> BODY = "***filecontents***" + >>> conn = httplib.HTTPConnection("localhost", 8080) + >>> conn.request("PUT", "/file", BODY) + >>> response = conn.getresponse() + >>> print resp.status, response.reason + 200, OK + -- cgit v0.12