http

http a HTTP library for Python

http is heavily inspired by the HTTP::Message <https://metacpan.org/module/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
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- `Documentation <http://readthedocs.org/docs/http/en/latest/>`__.
- `Repository <git://github.com/franckcuny/http.git>`__.

How to get?
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Install with "pip" command:

    $ pip install http

or check out development version:

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