HTTP (Python HTTP Libraries)

Introduction

http is a package that collects several modules for working with the HyperText Transfer Protocol:

• http.client is a low-level HTTP protocol client; for high-level URL opening use urllib.request
• http.server contains basic HTTP server classes based on socketserver
• http.cookies has utilities for implementing state management with cookies
• http.cookiejar provides persistence of cookies

-- (Python Software Foundation 2023)

This is the standard low-level way to work with HTTP in Python. When using this library or any of its derivatives, it's important to remember the principles of the Client-Server Architecture.

References

Web Links

• Python Software Foundation. (2023) docs.python.org/3/library/http.html. "HTTP - HTTP modules"

Note Links

• Python
• HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
• Socket (Python Std.Lib.)
• Cookie (HTTP Client State Management)
• Client-Server Architecture