11.6.1 HTTPConnection Objects

11.6.1 HTTPConnection Objects

HTTPConnection instances have the following methods:

request(method, url[, body[, headers]]): This will send a request to the server using the HTTP request method method and the selector url. If the body argument is present, it should be a string of data to send after the headers are finished. The header Content-Length is automatically set to the correct value. The headers argument should be a mapping of extra HTTP headers to send with the request.

getresponse(): Should be called after a request is sent to get the response from the server. Returns an HTTPResponse instance.

set_debuglevel(level): Set the debugging level (the amount of debugging output printed). The default debug level is 0, meaning no debugging output is printed.

connect(): Connect to the server specified when the object was created.

close(): Close the connection to the server.

send(data): Send data to the server. This should be used directly only after the endheaders() method has been called and before getreply() has been called.

putrequest(request, selector): This should be the first call after the connection to the server has been made. It sends a line to the server consisting of the request string, the selector string, and the HTTP version (HTTP/1.1).

putheader(header, argument[, ...]): Send an RFC 822-style header to the server. It sends a line to the server consisting of the header, a colon and a space, and the first argument. If more arguments are given, continuation lines are sent, each consisting of a tab and an argument.

endheaders(): Send a blank line to the server, signalling the end of the headers.

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