Python Library Reference

Previous: 18.7.1 HTTPConnection Objects Up: 18.7 httplib Next: 18.7.3 Examples

---

18.7.2 HTTPResponse Objects

HTTPResponse instances have the following methods and attributes:

read(

[amt])

Reads and returns the response body, or up to the next amt bytes.

getheader(

name[, default])

Get the contents of the header name, or default if there is no matching header.

getheaders(

)

Return a list of (header, value) tuples. New in version 2.4.

msg

A mimetools.Message instance containing the response headers.

version

HTTP protocol version used by server. 10 for HTTP/1.0, 11 for HTTP/1.1.

status

Status code returned by server.

reason

Reason phrase returned by server.

---

Python Library Reference

Previous: 18.7.1 HTTPConnection Objects Up: 18.7 httplib Next: 18.7.3 Examples

---

Release 2.5, documentation updated on 19th September, 2006.