Network Python Tutorial

import httplib
def printText(txt):
    lines = txt.split('\n')
    for line in lines:
        print line.strip()
httpServ = httplib.HTTPConnection("127.0.0.1", 80)
httpServ.connect()
quote = "test"
httpServ.request('POST', '/cgi_form.cgi', 'name=Brad"e=%s' % quote)
response = httpServ.getresponse()
if response.status == httplib.OK:
    print "Output from CGI request"
    printText (response.read())
httpServ.close()