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20. Internet Protocols and Support

The modules described in this chapter implement Internet protocols and support for related technology. They are all implemented in Python. Most of these modules require the presence of the system-dependent module socket, which is currently supported on most popular platforms. Here is an overview:

20.1. webbrowser — Convenient Web-browser controller
- 20.1.1. Browser Controller Objects
20.2. cgi — Common Gateway Interface support
- 20.2.1. Introduction
- 20.2.2. Using the cgi module
- 20.2.3. Higher Level Interface
- 20.2.4. Functions
- 20.2.5. Caring about security
- 20.2.6. Installing your CGI script on a Unix system
- 20.2.7. Testing your CGI script
- 20.2.8. Debugging CGI scripts
- 20.2.9. Common problems and solutions
20.3. cgitb — Traceback manager for CGI scripts
20.4. wsgiref — WSGI Utilities and Reference Implementation
- 20.4.1. wsgiref.util – WSGI environment utilities
- 20.4.2. wsgiref.headers – WSGI response header tools
- 20.4.3. wsgiref.simple_server – a simple WSGI HTTP server
- 20.4.4. wsgiref.validate — WSGI conformance checker
- 20.4.5. wsgiref.handlers – server/gateway base classes
- 20.4.6. Examples
20.5. urllib.request — Extensible library for opening URLs
- 20.5.1. Request Objects
- 20.5.2. OpenerDirector Objects
- 20.5.3. BaseHandler Objects
- 20.5.4. HTTPRedirectHandler Objects
- 20.5.5. HTTPCookieProcessor Objects
- 20.5.6. ProxyHandler Objects
- 20.5.7. HTTPPasswordMgr Objects
- 20.5.8. AbstractBasicAuthHandler Objects
- 20.5.9. HTTPBasicAuthHandler Objects
- 20.5.10. ProxyBasicAuthHandler Objects
- 20.5.11. AbstractDigestAuthHandler Objects
- 20.5.12. HTTPDigestAuthHandler Objects
- 20.5.13. ProxyDigestAuthHandler Objects
- 20.5.14. HTTPHandler Objects
- 20.5.15. HTTPSHandler Objects
- 20.5.16. FileHandler Objects
- 20.5.17. FTPHandler Objects
- 20.5.18. CacheFTPHandler Objects
- 20.5.19. UnknownHandler Objects
- 20.5.20. HTTPErrorProcessor Objects
- 20.5.21. Examples
- 20.5.22. Legacy interface
- 20.5.23. urllib.request Restrictions
20.6. urllib.response — Response classes used by urllib
20.7. urllib.parse — Parse URLs into components
- 20.7.1. URL Parsing
- 20.7.2. Parsing ASCII Encoded Bytes
- 20.7.3. Structured Parse Results
- 20.7.4. URL Quoting
20.8. urllib.error — Exception classes raised by urllib.request
20.9. urllib.robotparser — Parser for robots.txt
20.10. http.client — HTTP protocol client
- 20.10.1. HTTPConnection Objects
- 20.10.2. HTTPResponse Objects
- 20.10.3. Examples
- 20.10.4. HTTPMessage Objects
20.11. ftplib — FTP protocol client
- 20.11.1. FTP Objects
- 20.11.2. FTP_TLS Objects
20.12. poplib — POP3 protocol client
- 20.12.1. POP3 Objects
- 20.12.2. POP3 Example
20.13. imaplib — IMAP4 protocol client
- 20.13.1. IMAP4 Objects
- 20.13.2. IMAP4 Example
20.14. nntplib — NNTP protocol client
- 20.14.1. NNTP Objects
  - 20.14.1.1. Attributes
  - 20.14.1.2. Methods
- 20.14.2. Utility functions
20.15. smtplib — SMTP protocol client
- 20.15.1. SMTP Objects
- 20.15.2. SMTP Example
20.16. smtpd — SMTP Server
- 20.16.1. SMTPServer Objects
- 20.16.2. DebuggingServer Objects
- 20.16.3. PureProxy Objects
- 20.16.4. MailmanProxy Objects
- 20.16.5. SMTPChannel Objects
20.17. telnetlib — Telnet client
- 20.17.1. Telnet Objects
- 20.17.2. Telnet Example
20.18. uuid — UUID objects according to RFC 4122
- 20.18.1. Example
20.19. socketserver — A framework for network servers
- 20.19.1. Server Creation Notes
- 20.19.2. Server Objects
- 20.19.3. RequestHandler Objects
- 20.19.4. Examples
20.20. http.server — HTTP servers
20.21. http.cookies — HTTP state management
- 20.21.1. Cookie Objects
- 20.21.2. Morsel Objects
- 20.21.3. Example
20.22. http.cookiejar — Cookie handling for HTTP clients
- 20.22.1. CookieJar and FileCookieJar Objects
- 20.22.2. FileCookieJar subclasses and co-operation with web browsers
- 20.22.3. CookiePolicy Objects
- 20.22.4. DefaultCookiePolicy Objects
- 20.22.5. Cookie Objects
- 20.22.6. Examples
20.23. xmlrpc.client — XML-RPC client access
- 20.23.1. ServerProxy Objects
- 20.23.2. DateTime Objects
- 20.23.3. Binary Objects
- 20.23.4. Fault Objects
- 20.23.5. ProtocolError Objects
- 20.23.6. MultiCall Objects
- 20.23.7. Convenience Functions
- 20.23.8. Example of Client Usage
- 20.23.9. Example of Client and Server Usage
20.24. xmlrpc.server — Basic XML-RPC servers
- 20.24.1. SimpleXMLRPCServer Objects
  - 20.24.1.1. SimpleXMLRPCServer Example
- 20.24.2. CGIXMLRPCRequestHandler
- 20.24.3. Documenting XMLRPC server
- 20.24.4. DocXMLRPCServer Objects
- 20.24.5. DocCGIXMLRPCRequestHandler

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