Python Urllib Module
URL handling — request, parse, urlopen, urlparse, urlencode, quote. This category documents 8 Python urllib module entries, and each page gives you the full syntax, the parameter list, the return value, and a runnable example. The entries include: urllib.request.urlopen(), urllib.request.Request(), urllib.parse.urlparse(), urllib.parse.urlencode(), urllib.parse.urljoin(), urllib.parse.quote(), urllib.parse.unquote(), urllib.parse.urlsplit(). urllib.request.urlopen() opens a URL for reading (like GET request). Returns a file-like response object. urllib.request.Request() creates an HTTP request with custom headers and method. urllib.parse.urlparse() parses a URL into its components (scheme, netloc, path, params, query, fragment). urllib.parse.urlencode() encodes dictionary or sequence of pairs into a URL query string. urllib.parse.urljoin() constructs a full URL by combining a base URL with a relative URL. Urllib Module belongs to the Concurrency & Networking group alongside Threading Module, Concurrent Module, Asyncio Module, Subprocess Module. You can also search across every category from the search page, browse the complete A–Z index, or try any example in the Python playground.