[New-bugs-announce] [issue24118] http.client example is no longer valid

[Steven D'Aprano]

New submission from Steven D'Aprano:

The example code for http.client shows www.python.org/parrot.spam return a 404:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/http.client.html#examples

>>> # Example of an invalid request
>>> conn.request("GET", "/parrot.spam")
>>> r2 = conn.getresponse()
>>> print(r2.status, r2.reason)
404 Not Found


However it no longer does that, instead it returns a 301 Moved Permanently.

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
messages: 242483
nosy: docs at python, steven.daprano
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: http.client example is no longer valid
versions: Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6

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