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Httplib2A comprehensive HTTP client library that supports many features left out of other HTTP libraries. RequirementsRequires Python 2.3 or later. Version 0.5.0 and later includes Python 3 support. DocumentationThere is New Python library style documentation and more detailed Examples and ExamplesPython3 for how to use httplib2 in specific situations. There are also two articles about httplib2 on XML.com, Doing HTTP Caching Right: Introducing httplib2 and httplib2: HTTP Persistence and Authentication. Download/InstallationHttplib2 is a standard distutils package. See the downloading and installation instructions. FeaturesHTTP and HTTPS HTTPS support is only available if the socket module was compiled with SSL support. Keep-Alive Supports HTTP 1.1 Keep-Alive, keeping the socket open and performing multiple requests over the same connection if possible. Authentication The following types of HTTP Authentication are supported. These can be used over both HTTP and HTTPS. Caching The module can optionally operate with a private cache that understands the Cache-Control: header and uses both the ETag and Last-Modified cache validators. All Methods The module can handle any HTTP request method, not just GET and POST. Redirects Automatically follows 3XX redirects on GETs. Compression Handles both 'deflate' and 'gzip' types of compression. Lost update support Automatically adds back ETags into PUT requests to resources we have already cached. This implements Section 3.2 of Detecting the Lost Update Problem Using Unreserved Checkout. Unit Tested A large and growing set of unit tests. Project GoalTo become a worthy addition to the standard Python library. ContributingPlease submit patches for review using http://codereview.appspot.com, and make sure to include httplib2-dev@googlegroups.com on the CC list. More details on the Contributor wiki page. Contributors
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