Perl To Python Migration

CLIENT MODULES

Python comes with a number of modules for communicating with network servers as a client. Most of these provide the same functionality as their Perl equivalents and because the Perl modules work on a class/object basis migrating from a Perl based client to a Python based client shouldn't be too difficult. For reference, I've listed the common Perl modules and their Python equivalent modules in Table 12.4.

Table 12.4. Perl network client modules and their Python equivalents

Perl module	Python equivalent
Net::SMTP	smtplib
Net::FTP	ftplib
Net::NNTP	nntplib
Net::POP3	poplib
Net::xMAP	imaplib
LWP::Simple	urllib
URI	urlparse
URI::Escape	urllib

We'll take a look at some of the more commonly used modules and some Perl and Python equivalent ...