New submission from Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettin...@gmail.com>:
Enable retrieve() to take advantage of data compression in HTTP requests. * In the request, add the header "Accept-Encoding: gzip". * In the response, check the headers for "Content-Encoding: gzip". * Convert the downloaded content using gzip.GzipFile. ---------- components: Library (Lib) keywords: easy messages: 163020 nosy: rhettinger priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Add gzip support to urllib.request.retrieve() type: enhancement versions: Python 3.4 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue15089> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
