Doing POST opperations from Python

[Oleg Broytmann]

On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Phil Wise wrote:
> 	I am trying to produce POST requests within python
> (to drive a web based email client). I can do GET requests,
> but can understand how to do post. I have read RFC1945
> (Informational), but I can find the info there either.
> I understand that the data is sent as part of the headers,
> but how?

   In POST, data goes after header - in the body of request. Here is how it
looks for browser to send a request:

   (--connect to the server--)
POST /cgi-bin/test.cgi HTTP/1.0
Host: virtual.host.domain
Content-Length: 21

nowtest=yes&verbose=1
   (--here the server stops reading, processes the request and replies--)

   Please note: Content-Length header MUST present as it show how much data
server have to read. After header there is one empty line (as required by
HTTP protocol) and url-encoded data.

Oleg.
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