[Python-ideas] Support data: URLs in urllib

[Paul Moore]

On Wednesday, 31 October 2012, Mathias Panzenböck wrote:

> Sometimes it would be handy to read data:-urls just like any other url.
> While it is pretty easy to parse a data: url yourself I think it would be
> nice if urllib could do this for you.
>
> Example data url parser:
>
[...]

IIUC, this should be possible with a custom opener. While it might be nice
to have this in the stdlib, it would also be a really useful recipe to have
in the docs, showing how to create and install a simple custom opener into
the default set of openers (so that urllib.request gains the ability to
handle data rules automatically). Would you be willing to submit a doc
patch to cover this?

Paul
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