11.18.1 Example basic HTTP client
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11.18.1 Example basic HTTP client

As a basic example, below is a very basic HTTP client that uses the `dispatcher` class to implement its socket handling:

      class http_client(asyncore.dispatcher):
          def __init__(self, host,path):
              asyncore.dispatcher.__init__(self)
              self.path = path
              self.create_socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
              self.connect( (host, 80) )
              self.buffer = 'GET %s HTTP/1.0\r\b\r\n' % self.path

          def handle_connect(self):
              pass

          def handle_read(self):
              data = self.recv(8192)
              print data

          def writeable(self):
              return (len(self.buffer) > 0)

          def handle_write(self):
              sent = self.send(self.buffer)
              self.buffer = self.buffer[sent:]