http.rst

:mod:`http` --- HTTP modules
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``http`` is a package that collects several modules for working with the
HyperText Transfer Protocol:

* :mod:`http.client` is a low-level HTTP protocol client; for high-level URL
  opening use :mod:`urllib.request`
* :mod:`http.server` contains basic HTTP server classes based on :mod:`socketserver`
* :mod:`http.cookies` has utilities for implementing state management with cookies
* :mod:`http.cookiejar` provides persistence of cookies