Python 3.6.5 Documentation >  Internet Protocols and Support

Internet Protocols and Support
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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:

* "webbrowser" — Convenient Web-browser controller

* Browser Controller Objects

* "cgi" — Common Gateway Interface support

* Introduction

* Using the cgi module

* Higher Level Interface

* Functions

* Caring about security

* Installing your CGI script on a Unix system

* Testing your CGI script

* Debugging CGI scripts

* Common problems and solutions

* "cgitb" — Traceback manager for CGI scripts

* "wsgiref" — WSGI Utilities and Reference Implementation

* "wsgiref.util" – WSGI environment utilities

* "wsgiref.headers" – WSGI response header tools

* "wsgiref.simple_server" – a simple WSGI HTTP server

* "wsgiref.validate" — WSGI conformance checker

* "wsgiref.handlers" – server/gateway base classes

* Examples

* "urllib" — URL handling modules

* "urllib.request" — Extensible library for opening URLs

* Request Objects

* OpenerDirector Objects

* BaseHandler Objects

* HTTPRedirectHandler Objects

* HTTPCookieProcessor Objects

* ProxyHandler Objects

* HTTPPasswordMgr Objects

* HTTPPasswordMgrWithPriorAuth Objects

* AbstractBasicAuthHandler Objects

* HTTPBasicAuthHandler Objects

* ProxyBasicAuthHandler Objects

* AbstractDigestAuthHandler Objects

* HTTPDigestAuthHandler Objects

* ProxyDigestAuthHandler Objects

* HTTPHandler Objects

* HTTPSHandler Objects

* FileHandler Objects

* DataHandler Objects

* FTPHandler Objects

* CacheFTPHandler Objects

* UnknownHandler Objects

* HTTPErrorProcessor Objects

* Examples

* Legacy interface

* "urllib.request" Restrictions

* "urllib.response" — Response classes used by urllib

* "urllib.parse" — Parse URLs into components

* URL Parsing

* Parsing ASCII Encoded Bytes

* Structured Parse Results

* URL Quoting

* "urllib.error" — Exception classes raised by urllib.request

* "urllib.robotparser" — Parser for robots.txt

* "http" — HTTP modules

* HTTP status codes

* "http.client" — HTTP protocol client

* HTTPConnection Objects

* HTTPResponse Objects

* Examples

* HTTPMessage Objects

* "ftplib" — FTP protocol client

* FTP Objects

* FTP_TLS Objects

* "poplib" — POP3 protocol client

* POP3 Objects

* POP3 Example

* "imaplib" — IMAP4 protocol client

* IMAP4 Objects

* IMAP4 Example

* "nntplib" — NNTP protocol client

* NNTP Objects

* Attributes

* Methods

* Utility functions

* "smtplib" — SMTP protocol client

* SMTP Objects

* SMTP Example

* "smtpd" — SMTP Server

* SMTPServer Objects

* DebuggingServer Objects

* PureProxy Objects

* MailmanProxy Objects

* SMTPChannel Objects

* "telnetlib" — Telnet client

* Telnet Objects

* Telnet Example

* "uuid" — UUID objects according to RFC 4122

* Example

* "socketserver" — A framework for network servers

* Server Creation Notes

* Server Objects

* Request Handler Objects

* Examples

* "socketserver.TCPServer" Example

* "socketserver.UDPServer" Example

* Asynchronous Mixins

* "http.server" — HTTP servers

* "http.cookies" — HTTP state management

* Cookie Objects

* Morsel Objects

* Example

* "http.cookiejar" — Cookie handling for HTTP clients

* CookieJar and FileCookieJar Objects

* FileCookieJar subclasses and co-operation with web browsers

* CookiePolicy Objects

* DefaultCookiePolicy Objects

* Cookie Objects

* Examples

* "xmlrpc" — XMLRPC server and client modules

* "xmlrpc.client" — XML-RPC client access

* ServerProxy Objects

* DateTime Objects

* Binary Objects

* Fault Objects

* ProtocolError Objects

* MultiCall Objects

* Convenience Functions

* Example of Client Usage

* Example of Client and Server Usage

* "xmlrpc.server" — Basic XML-RPC servers

* SimpleXMLRPCServer Objects

* SimpleXMLRPCServer Example

* CGIXMLRPCRequestHandler

* Documenting XMLRPC server

* DocXMLRPCServer Objects

* DocCGIXMLRPCRequestHandler

* "ipaddress" — IPv4/IPv6 manipulation library

* Convenience factory functions

* IP Addresses

* Address objects

* Conversion to Strings and Integers

* Operators

* Comparison operators

* Arithmetic operators

* IP Network definitions

* Prefix, net mask and host mask

* Network objects

* Operators

* Logical operators

* Iteration

* Networks as containers of addresses

* Interface objects

* Operators

* Logical operators

* Other Module Level Functions

* Custom Exceptions