Python 3 - Second Edition

34.2    Solutions

In Python, there’s a bewildering variety of modules, both in the standard library and from third-party vendors, that provide access to resources on the internet.

34.2.1    Outdated Solutions for Python 2

First, the urllib module and its successor urllib2 from the standard library of Python 2 should be mentioned as they’re still referred to again and again on the internet. With the change to Python 3, both modules have been removed from the standard library and are therefore no longer available in modern language versions.

34.2.2    Solutions in the Standard Library

With the switch to Python 3, the old urllib and urllib2 modules have been substantially reworked and merged into a new module called urllib. The name collision often ...