Suggestion: "Completing" HTTP support in Python.

Oleg Broytmann phd at phd.russ.ru
Fri Jun 16 04:06:00 EDT 2000


On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Karl G. Ulbrich wrote:
> Note that POST support in urllib lacks support for posting form contents
> that include files to be uploaded.  That means you're back to down and 
> dirty with the HTTPlib and some ugly http and mime boundary syntax.
> 
> What I need (and am writing as a 1st Python project) is something that'll
> let me post an arbitrary mix of normal fields and file-upload-fields+files
> to a URL.  (usage: POST a file, title, and description field).  
> 
> I'd love to see this support (and some of the other stuff in this thread)
> make it into urllib as easy-to-use methods.

   Why do you think someone (who do not neccessaryly needs this) will write
code that you need? In the world of free software it is simple - roll your
own.
   Patches are gladly accepted. Come on!

Oleg.            (All opinions are mine and not of my employer)
---- 
    Oleg Broytmann      Foundation for Effective Policies      phd at phd.russ.ru
           Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.





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