urllib POST question

[rdack]

Ben Beuchler <insyte-clp at emt-p.org> wrote in message news:<slrnah4dbq.r77.insyte-clp at petra.bitstream.net>...
> In article <644f6688.0206200930.48110837 at posting.google.com>, rdack wrote:
> > i am doing a POST to a server using urllib and it works.
> > is there some way i can see exactly what is being posted?
> > a way to get the post object out of urllib - the exact lines it is sending?
> 
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i am looking into it. seems overkill for wanting to see a few bytes
that python is generating.
No way within python to see what urllib intends to send out for the
POST?