From: Fred Drake Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 16:32:02 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Minor changes. X-Git-Tag: v2.2.1c1~1628 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c0765c238107c274376bbe9b325cb6b98a5f436f;p=python Minor changes. --- diff --git a/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex b/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex index ce69d804cc..6808ef44db 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libhttplib.tex @@ -2,14 +2,16 @@ HTTP protocol client} \declaremodule{standard}{httplib} -\modulesynopsis{HTTP protocol client (requires sockets).} +\modulesynopsis{HTTP and HTTPS protocol client (requires sockets).} \indexii{HTTP}{protocol} -This module defines a class which implements the client side of the -HTTP protocol. It is normally not used directly --- the module -\refmodule{urllib}\refstmodindex{urllib} uses it to handle URLs that -use HTTP. +This module defines classes which implement the client side of the +HTTP and HTTPS protocols. It is normally not used directly --- the +module \refmodule{urllib}\refstmodindex{urllib} uses it to handle URLs +that use HTTP and HTTPS. \strong{Note:} HTTPS support is only +available if the \refmodule{socket} module was compiled with SSL +support. The module defines one class, \class{HTTP}: @@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ read, using the \method{read()}, \method{readline()} or \method{readlines()} methods. \end{methoddesc} + \subsection{Examples \label{httplib-examples}} Here is an example session that uses the \samp{GET} method: