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cpython:Fix the wrong urllib exampls which use str for POST data. Closes Issue11261

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Senthil Kumaran 2012-03-14 18:11:46 -07:00
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Doc/howto/urllib2.rst
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@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ library. ::
'language' : 'Python' }
data = urllib.parse.urlencode(values)
data = data.encode('utf-8') # data should be bytes
req = urllib.request.Request(url, data)
response = urllib.request.urlopen(req)
the_page = response.read()
@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ Explorer [#]_. ::
headers = { 'User-Agent' : user_agent }
data = urllib.parse.urlencode(values)
data = data.encode('utf-8')
req = urllib.request.Request(url, data, headers)
response = urllib.request.urlopen(req)
the_page = response.read()

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Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
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@ -138,14 +138,13 @@ The following classes are provided:
*url* should be a string containing a valid URL.
*data* may be a string specifying additional data to send to the
server, or ``None`` if no such data is needed. Currently HTTP
requests are the only ones that use *data*, in order to choose between
``'GET'`` and ``'POST'`` when *method* is not specified.
*data* should be a buffer in the standard
:mimetype:`application/x-www-form-urlencoded` format. The
:func:`urllib.parse.urlencode` function takes a mapping or sequence
of 2-tuples and returns a string in this format.
*data* may be a bytes object specifying additional data to send to the
server, or ``None`` if no such data is needed. Currently HTTP requests are
the only ones that use *data*; the HTTP request will be a POST instead of a
GET when the *data* parameter is provided. *data* should be a buffer in the
standard :mimetype:`application/x-www-form-urlencoded` format. The
:func:`urllib.parse.urlencode` function takes a mapping or sequence of
2-tuples and returns a string in this format.
*headers* should be a dictionary, and will be treated as if
:meth:`add_header` was called with each key and value as arguments.
@ -1183,7 +1182,7 @@ some point in the future.
If the *url* uses the :file:`http:` scheme identifier, the optional *data*
argument may be given to specify a ``POST`` request (normally the request
type is ``GET``). The *data* argument must in standard
type is ``GET``). The *data* argument must be a bytes object in standard
:mimetype:`application/x-www-form-urlencoded` format; see the
:func:`urlencode` function below.