[Python-checkins] Update http.client.rst (#24803)
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/0c91a125116b21e91d0d1cca457da830348f0806
commit: 0c91a125116b21e91d0d1cca457da830348f0806
branch: main
author: Géry Ogam <gery.ogam at gmail.com>
committer: orsenthil <senthilx at amazon.com>
date: 2022-10-03T16:18:36-07:00
summary:
Update http.client.rst (#24803)
* Update http.client.rst
* Apply suggestions from code review
Co-authored-by: Éric <merwok at netwok.org>
* Update http.client.rst
Co-authored-by: Éric <merwok at netwok.org>
Co-authored-by: Senthil Kumaran <senthil at python.org>
files:
M Doc/library/http.client.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/http.client.rst b/Doc/library/http.client.rst
index 16823ec67b01..b7c94c92d557 100644
--- a/Doc/library/http.client.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/http.client.rst
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ The module provides the following classes:
.. versionchanged:: 3.4
The *strict* parameter was removed. HTTP 0.9-style "Simple Responses" are
- not longer supported.
+ no longer supported.
.. versionchanged:: 3.7
*blocksize* parameter was added.
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ statement.
Return the value of the header *name*, or *default* if there is no header
matching *name*. If there is more than one header with the name *name*,
- return all of the values joined by ', '. If 'default' is any iterable other
+ return all of the values joined by ', '. If *default* is any iterable other
than a single string, its elements are similarly returned joined by commas.
.. method:: HTTPResponse.getheaders()
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ Here is an example session that uses the ``HEAD`` method. Note that the
>>> data == b''
True
-Here is an example session that shows how to ``POST`` requests::
+Here is an example session that uses the ``POST`` method::
>>> import http.client, urllib.parse
>>> params = urllib.parse.urlencode({'@number': 12524, '@type': 'issue', '@action': 'show'})
@@ -594,14 +594,13 @@ Here is an example session that shows how to ``POST`` requests::
b'Redirecting to <a href="https://bugs.python.org/issue12524">https://bugs.python.org/issue12524</a>'
>>> conn.close()
-Client side ``HTTP PUT`` requests are very similar to ``POST`` requests. The
-difference lies only the server side where HTTP server will allow resources to
-be created via ``PUT`` request. It should be noted that custom HTTP methods
+Client side HTTP ``PUT`` requests are very similar to ``POST`` requests. The
+difference lies only on the server side where HTTP servers will allow resources to
+be created via ``PUT`` requests. It should be noted that custom HTTP methods
are also handled in :class:`urllib.request.Request` by setting the appropriate
-method attribute. Here is an example session that shows how to send a ``PUT``
-request using http.client::
+method attribute. Here is an example session that uses the ``PUT`` method::
- >>> # This creates an HTTP message
+ >>> # This creates an HTTP request
>>> # with the content of BODY as the enclosed representation
>>> # for the resource http://localhost:8080/file
...
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