cpython/Doc/library/urllib.rst

:mod:`!urllib` --- URL handling modules
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.. module:: urllib

**Source code:** :source:`Lib/urllib/`

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``urllib`` is a package that collects several modules for working with URLs:

* :mod:`urllib.request` for opening and reading URLs
* :mod:`urllib.error` containing the exceptions raised by :mod:`urllib.request`
* :mod:`urllib.parse` for parsing URLs
* :mod:`urllib.robotparser` for parsing ``robots.txt`` files
docs: module page titles should not start with a link to themselves (#117099) 2024-05-08 15:34:40 -04:00			:mod:`!urllib` --- URL handling modules
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Closes #11710: create "landing pages" (/library/package.html) for those packages that have no documented content themselves, e.g. "urllib" or "http". 2012-10-06 13:49:34 +02:00
Improve #19204: Improved cross-references in the urllib package documentation. 2013-10-13 20:06:50 +03:00			`.. module:: urllib`

Issue #22558: Add remaining doc links to source code for Python-coded modules. Reformat header above separator line (added if missing) to a common format. Patch by Yoni Lavi. 2016-06-11 15:02:54 -04:00			Source code: :source:`Lib/urllib/`

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Closes #11710: create "landing pages" (/library/package.html) for those packages that have no documented content themselves, e.g. "urllib" or "http". 2012-10-06 13:49:34 +02:00			``urllib`` is a package that collects several modules for working with URLs:

			* :mod:`urllib.request` for opening and reading URLs
			* :mod:`urllib.error` containing the exceptions raised by :mod:`urllib.request`
			* :mod:`urllib.parse` for parsing URLs
			* :mod:`urllib.robotparser` for parsing ``robots.txt`` files