An HTTPResponse is, by its nature, readable.

diff --git a/Lib/http/client.py b/Lib/http/client.py
index 4885f5a6ffa0b9c71b12534c5841099dd5fca0fa..cef942f6942cf59eb2812a7aac04393d52331243 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/http/client.py
+++ b/Lib/http/client.py
@@ -469,6 +469,9 @@ class HTTPResponse(io.RawIOBase):
     def flush(self):
         self.fp.flush()
 
+    def readable(self):
+        return True
+
     # End of "raw stream" methods
 
     def isclosed(self):