urlfetch 
urlfetch is a simple, lightweight and easy to use HTTP client for Python. It is distributed as a single file module and has no dependencies other than the Python Standard Library.
Highlights
Distributed as a single file module, has no dependencies other than the Python Standard Library.
Pure Python, works fine with gevent.
Small codebase, about 1300 lines, much of it comments and blank lines. Only 10 minutes you can know every detail.
Random user-agent.
Support streaming.
Documentation
Installation
$ pip install urlfetch
Hello, world
import urlfetch
response = urlfetch.get('http://python.org/')
print(response.status, response.reason)
print(len(response.content))Uploading files
import urlfetch
response = urlfetch.post(
'http://127.0.0.1:8888/upload',
headers = {
'Referer': 'http://127.0.0.1/',
},
files = {
'fieldname1': open('/path/to/file', 'rb'),
#'fieldname2': 'file content', # file must have a filename
'fieldname3': ('filename', open('/path/to/file2', 'rb')),
'fieldname4': ('filename', 'file content'),
},
data = {
'foo': 'bar'
},
)
print(response.status, response.content)Testing
To run the tests, urlfetch relies on bottle and gunicorn. Install them and run:
$ python tests/testall.py
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