[Python-checkins] cpython (3.4): recommend requests library (closes #23989)

[benjamin.peterson]

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c9239543235e
changeset:   95745:c9239543235e
branch:      3.4
parent:      95742:8e0dc4d3b49c
user:        Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>
date:        Mon Apr 20 18:18:14 2015 -0400
summary:
  recommend requests library (closes #23989)

Patch from Van Lindberg

files:
  Doc/library/http.client.rst    |  5 +++++
  Doc/library/urllib.request.rst |  5 +++++
  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/http.client.rst b/Doc/library/http.client.rst
--- a/Doc/library/http.client.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/http.client.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 HTTPS protocols.  It is normally not used directly --- the module
 :mod:`urllib.request` uses it to handle URLs that use HTTP and HTTPS.
 
+.. seealso::
+
+    The `Requests package <http://requests.readthedocs.org/>`_
+    is recommended for a higher-level http client interface.
+
 .. note::
 
    HTTPS support is only available if Python was compiled with SSL support
diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 opening URLs (mostly HTTP) in a complex world --- basic and digest
 authentication, redirections, cookies and more.
 
+.. seealso::
+
+    The `Requests package <http://requests.readthedocs.org/>`_
+    is recommended for a higher-level http client interface.
+
 
 The :mod:`urllib.request` module defines the following functions:
 

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