From b5fe2479c152c635e02897a7a5c72c97e4c22b6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Senthil Kumaran Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:38:33 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] #17307 - Example of HTTP PUT Request using http.client --- Doc/library/http.client.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/library/http.client.rst b/Doc/library/http.client.rst index d439f246139..408a3e7bb0f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/http.client.rst +++ b/Doc/library/http.client.rst @@ -612,6 +612,22 @@ Here is an example session that shows how to ``POST`` requests:: b'Redirecting to http://bugs.python.org/issue12524' >>> conn.close() +Client side ``HTTP PUT`` requests are very similar to ``POST`` requests. The +difference lies only the server side where HTTP server will allow resources to +be created via ``PUT`` request. Here is an example session that shows how to do +``PUT`` request using http.client:: + + >>> # This creates an HTTP message + >>> # with the content of BODY as the enclosed representation + >>> # for the resource http://localhost:8080/foobar + ... + >>> import http.client + >>> BODY = "***filecontents***" + >>> conn = http.client.HTTPConnection("localhost", 8080) + >>> conn.request("PUT", "/file", BODY) + >>> response = conn.getresponse() + >>> print(resp.status, response.reason) + 200, OK .. _httpmessage-objects: