Python: how to make HTTP request internally/localhost

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I want to send some parameters from a python script on my server to a php script on my server using HTTP. Suggestions?

urlopen/urlopen2 can build send GET and POST queries, but you need to elaborate what you want to do — Lie Ryan
– Lie Ryan, Commented Oct 8, 2010 at 6:59
Okay: I want to make a GET query from a python script to a php script being served by apache2. Both scripts reside on the same machine/same ip address. — Anonymous
– Anonymous, Commented Oct 8, 2010 at 7:53

jathanism · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-08 16:00:11Z

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This is pretty easy using urllib:

import urllib

myurl = 'http://localhost/script.php?var1=foo&var2=bar'

# GET is the default action
response = urllib.urlopen(myurl)  

# Output from the GET assuming response code was 200
data = response.read()

answered Oct 8, 2010 at 16:00

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mkrecny Over a year ago

Cheers! Given that the same thing could, in a sense, be achieved using stdin or argument passing, what is the relative overhead?

jathanism Over a year ago

I have no idea, but since you're using Python you can make the script accept use dynamic variables and don't need to resort to system (cli) calls for it.

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