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pyasyncore_basic_http_client_fetch_website_root.py

python

A basic HTTP client that uses pyasyncore to fetch the root page of a website.

15d ago29 linessimonrob/pyasyncore
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pyasyncore_basic_http_client_fetch_website_root.py
1import pyasyncore
2import socket
3
4class HTTPClient(pyasyncore.dispatcher):
5
6    def __init__(self, host, path):
7        pyasyncore.dispatcher.__init__(self)
8        self.create_socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
9        self.connect((host, 80))
10        self.buffer = bytes('GET %s HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: %s\r\n\r\n' % (path, host), 'ascii')
11
12    def handle_connect(self):
13        pass
14
15    def handle_close(self):
16        self.close()
17
18    def handle_read(self):
19        print(self.recv(8192))
20
21    def writable(self):
22        return (len(self.buffer) > 0)
23
24    def handle_write(self):
25        sent = self.send(self.buffer)
26        self.buffer = self.buffer[sent:]
27
28client = HTTPClient('www.python.org', '/')
29pyasyncore.loop()