Internet Protocols and Support

The modules described in this chapter implement Internet protocols and support for related technology. They are all implemented in Python. Most of these modules require the presence of the system-dependent module socket, which is currently supported on most popular platforms. Here is an overview:

• webbrowser — Convenient Web-browser controller
  • Browser Controller Objects
• wsgiref — WSGI Utilities and Reference Implementation
  • wsgiref.util – WSGI environment utilities
  • wsgiref.headers – WSGI response header tools
  • wsgiref.simple_server – a simple WSGI HTTP server
  • wsgiref.validate — WSGI conformance checker
  • wsgiref.handlers – server/gateway base classes
  • Examples
• urllib — URL handling modules
• urllib.request — Extensible library for opening URLs
  • Request Objects
  • OpenerDirector Objects
  • BaseHandler Objects
  • HTTPRedirectHandler Objects
  • HTTPCookieProcessor Objects
  • ProxyHandler Objects
  • HTTPPasswordMgr Objects
  • HTTPPasswordMgrWithPriorAuth Objects
  • AbstractBasicAuthHandler Objects
  • HTTPBasicAuthHandler Objects
  • ProxyBasicAuthHandler Objects
  • AbstractDigestAuthHandler Objects
  • HTTPDigestAuthHandler Objects
  • ProxyDigestAuthHandler Objects
  • HTTPHandler Objects