Modern Python Standard Library Cookbook

Web Development

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

• Treating JSON—how to parse and write JSON objects
• Parsing URLs—how to parse the path, query, and other parts of a URL
• Consuming HTTP—how to read data from an HTTP endpoint
• Submitting forms to HTTP—how to POST HTML forms to an HTTP endpoint
• Building HTML—how to generate HTML with proper escaping
• Serving HTTP—serving dynamic content over HTTP
• Serving static files—how to serve static files over HTTP
• Errors in web applications—how to report errors in web applications
• Handling forms and files—parsing data received from HTML forms and uploaded files
• REST API—serving a basic REST/JSON API
• Handling cookies—how to handle cookies to identify a returning user