Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!82.197.223.108.MISMATCH!feeder2.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!194.109.133.83.MISMATCH!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.027 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.95; '*S*': 0.00; 'urllib2': 0.07; 'here?': 0.09; 'req': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; '6:52': 0.16; 'lambda:': 0.16; 'subject:post': 0.16; 'timeout)': 0.16; 'url.': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'module': 0.19; 'import': 0.22; 'aug': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'print': 0.22; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'skip:" 30': 0.26; 'this:': 0.26; 'code:': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.27; 'host': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'easier': 0.31; 'requests': 0.31; "skip:' 10": 0.31; '13,': 0.31; 'skip:= 40': 0.31; 'file': 0.32; 'open': 0.33; 'url:python': 0.33; '(most': 0.33; 'skip:# 10': 0.33; 'skip:_ 10': 0.34; 'skip:d 20': 0.34; 'subject:with': 0.35; 'skip:u 20': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'data,': 0.36; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'hi,': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'thank': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'recent': 0.39; 'does': 0.39; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'skip:u 10': 0.60; 'to:addr:gmail.com': 0.65; 'world': 0.66; 'url:f': 0.68; 'joel': 0.91; 'url:latest': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=duymdvGpRBDy/Kky5e9HX2L37FwBpNtH7B5XChPN0mY=; b=gRYXtZoDcMelDGIqhskjpMJWBBDCuo9u/66KgYYfG/s0kqHLl6D+B1VZu1jbbOjInU RLDh+ZFCc2ACcG7vRaalGEffKBtKtA3VZB9EsEdj0GwlO+x0cCgo/nH3/OnSkg9tRkZJ V08hAJy/WfbzTpCtkvVY4O7CjOMaB4TzZmomyM9HzoxcDc4Jc8faZOAyD81gNNK1pq6E WtWsupWQcX46nwv2uKWM4MXnETsdrq7GtXuR/osxG0FGtbmSi0EQ3eWztszAtRRf5zvf q7U3kRdGHxRm1vLzxNQzyH9UXOG1h4MckJlNMnrCbmpvihE+/+9KYDys6TNeoWBmyBGp nFxQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.220.104.74 with SMTP id n10mr126132vco.74.1375830514590; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:08:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <2e3c176d-6cb9-42f9-91a9-6bf0832a69cb@googlegroups.com> References: <2e3c176d-6cb9-42f9-91a9-6bf0832a69cb@googlegroups.com> Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 19:08:34 -0400 Subject: Re: HTTP post with urllib2 From: Joel Goldstick To: cerr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "python-list@python.org" X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 56 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1375830517 news.xs4all.nl 15908 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:47946 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:52080 On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 6:52 PM, cerr wrote: > Hi, > > Why does this code: > > #!/usr/bin/python > > > import urllib2 > from binascii import hexlify, unhexlify > > host = "localhost" > uri="/test.php" > data ="\x48\x65\x6C\x6C\x6F\x57\x6F\x72\x6C\x64" #Hello World > url="http://{0}{1}?f=test".format(host, uri) > req = urllib2.Request(url, data,{'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream'}) > req.get_method = lambda: 'PUT' What does the above line do? is it the same as req.get_method = 'PUT' > response = urllib2.urlopen(req, 120) the docs say req should be a url. Is it? > retval = response.read() > print "RETVAL "+retval > > > > return me this: > > ./post.py > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "./post.py", line 13, in > response = urllib2.urlopen(req, 120) > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 126, in urlopen > return _opener.open(url, data, timeout) > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 398, in open > req = meth(req) > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 1116, in do_request_ > 'Content-length', '%d' % len(data)) > > > I don't get it, what's going on here? > > Thank you! > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list KInda of ducking your questions, but the requests module is a lot easier to use and understand:http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/ -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com