/http

simple HTTP library for Python

Primary LanguagePythonMIT LicenseMIT

http a HTTP library for Python

http is heavily inspired by the HTTP::Message distribution.

Synopsis

>>> from http import Request >>> request = Request('GET', 'http://pypi.python.org') >>> print request.method GET

Components

http provides a few components to build HTTP messages:

  • Headers: a class to manipulates HTTP headers
  • Request: a class to encapsulate a HTTP request
  • Response: a class to encapsulate a HTTP response
  • Date: a class to convert date to and from ISO 8601
  • Url: a class to manipulate url

Headers

>>> from http import Headers >>> h = Headers() >>> h.add('Content-Type', 'application/json')

Request

>>> from http import Request >>> r = Request('GET', 'htttp://lumberjaph.net')

Response

>>> from http import Response >>> r = Response(200)

Links

How to get?

Install with "pip" command:

$ pip install http

or check out development version:

$ git clone git://github.com/franckcuny/http.git