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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/urllib2.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/urllib2.py b/Lib/urllib2.py index a6c3e29a42..2d73475a8e 100644 --- a/Lib/urllib2.py +++ b/Lib/urllib2.py @@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ handler, the argument will be installed instead of the default. install_opener -- Installs a new opener as the default opener. objects of interest: -OpenerDirector -- + +OpenerDirector -- Sets up the User Agent as the Python-urllib client and manages +the Handler classes, while dealing with requests and responses. Request -- An object that encapsulates the state of a request. The state can be as simple as the URL. It can also include extra HTTP @@ -440,7 +442,7 @@ def build_opener(*handlers): """Create an opener object from a list of handlers. The opener will use several default handlers, including support - for HTTP and FTP. + for HTTP, FTP and when applicable, HTTPS. If any of the handlers passed as arguments are subclasses of the default handlers, the default handlers will not be used. |