[Web-SIG] [RFC] urllib2 requests history + HEAD support

[Henry Precheur]

On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 11:38:19PM +0530, Senthil Kumaran wrote:
> I need your opinion on this request. 
> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1673007>
> 
> Python Standard Library module urllib2 has support GET and POST.
> There was a feature request to add support for HEAD requests.

It would be nice to have other methods too, like PUT & DELETE:

  http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#page-52

> While that is valid feature request, there was suggestion to include a
> history of the requests in the module.  I don't find any references in
> the RFCS for any such requirement to maintain a history of requests.
> 
> Do you have any opinion on whether is it a good idea to have history
> of requests in the urllib2 module? I personally feel that history of
> requests can be easier tracked by the clients.

This should be done by the client.

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  Henry Prêcheur