Python as a HTTP Client

[Fredrik Lundh]

"pinkfloydhomer at gmail.com" wrote:

>I am writing a program that has to do some lightweight HTTP
> communication with a webserver on the internet. I haven't checked, but
> I'm sure I could do something lowlevel like opening a socket myself and
> then send/receive everything myself on this (how do I do that?), but
> I'd bet that Python have some module which is more high level.

before proceeding, could you PLEASE spend a few minutes browsing the
following chapters

    http://docs.python.org/tut/node12.html
    http://docs.python.org/tut/node13.html

as well as this page:

    http://docs.python.org/lib/

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