Python - sending http requests as strings

Question

How can I send HTTP requests as string with python? something like this:

r = """GET /hello.htm HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE5.01; Windows NT)
Host: www.stackoverflow.com
Accept-Language: en-us
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Connection: Keep-Alive"""

answer = send(r)
print answer  #  gives me the response as string

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/645312/what-is-the-quickest-way-to-http-get-in-python — Iron Fist, Jun 21 '15 at 09:12

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 21 '15 at 10:04

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Assuming python 3, it is recommended that you use urllib.request. But since you specifically ask for providing the HTTP message as a string, I assume you want to do low level stuff, so you can also use http.client:

import http.client
connection = http.client.HTTPConnection('www.python.org')

connection.request('GET', '/')
response = connection.getresponse()
print(response.status)
print(response.msg)
answer = response.read()
print(answer)

answered Jun 21 '15 at 10:04

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how is the r variable used? – craigB Aug 06 '20 at 13:31
You can use request building methods on the connection object like `putheader`. See the linked documentation – chtenb Aug 06 '20 at 16:14

Python - sending http requests as strings

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