twisted.web.client.Agent

Method	__init__	Create an `Agent`.
Class Method	usingEndpointFactory	Create a new `Agent` that will use the endpoint factory to figure out how to connect to the server.
Method	request	Issue a request to the server indicated by the given `uri`.
Instance Variable	_pool	An `HTTPConnectionPool` instance.
Instance Variable	_endpointFactory	The `IAgentEndpointFactory` which will be used to create endpoints for outgoing connections.
Method	_init	Initialize a new `Agent`.
Method	_getEndpoint	Get an endpoint for the given URI, using `self._endpointFactory`.

Inherited from _AgentBase:

Instance Variable	_reactor	The `IReactorTime` implementation which will be used by the pool, and perhaps by subclasses as well.
Method	_computeHostValue	Compute the string to use for the value of the Host header, based on the given scheme, host name, and port number.
Method	_requestWithEndpoint	Issue a new request, given the endpoint and the path sent as part of the request.

_pool =

An HTTPConnectionPool instance.

_endpointFactory =

The IAgentEndpointFactory which will be used to create endpoints for outgoing connections.

def __init__(self, reactor, contextFactory=BrowserLikePolicyForHTTPS(), connectTimeout=None, bindAddress=None, pool=None):

Create an Agent.

Parameters	reactor	A reactor for this `Agent` to place outgoing connections. (type: see `HostnameEndpoint.__init__` for acceptable reactor types.)
	contextFactory	A factory for TLS contexts, to control the verification parameters of OpenSSL. The default is to use a `BrowserLikePolicyForHTTPS`, so unless you have special requirements you can leave this as-is. (type: `IPolicyForHTTPS`.)
	connectTimeout	The amount of time that this `Agent` will wait for the peer to accept a connection. (type: `float`)
	bindAddress	The local address for client sockets to bind to. (type: `bytes`)
	pool	An `HTTPConnectionPool` instance, or `None`, in which case a non-persistent `HTTPConnectionPool` instance will be created. (type: `HTTPConnectionPool`)

@classmethod
def usingEndpointFactory(cls, reactor, endpointFactory, pool=None):

Create a new Agent that will use the endpoint factory to figure out how to connect to the server.

Parameters	reactor	A reactor for this `Agent` to place outgoing connections. (type: see `HostnameEndpoint.__init__` for acceptable reactor types.)
	endpointFactory	Used to construct endpoints which the HTTP client will connect with. (type: an `IAgentEndpointFactory` provider.)
	pool	An `HTTPConnectionPool` instance, or `None`, in which case a non-persistent `HTTPConnectionPool` instance will be created. (type: `HTTPConnectionPool`)
Returns	A new `Agent`.

def _init(self, reactor, endpointFactory, pool):

Initialize a new Agent.

Parameters	reactor	A reactor for this `Agent` to place outgoing connections. (type: see `HostnameEndpoint.__init__` for acceptable reactor types.)
	endpointFactory	Used to construct endpoints which the HTTP client will connect with. (type: an `IAgentEndpointFactory` provider.)
	pool	An `HTTPConnectionPool` instance, or `None`, in which case a non-persistent `HTTPConnectionPool` instance will be created. (type: `HTTPConnectionPool`)
Returns	A new `Agent`.

def _getEndpoint(self, uri):

Get an endpoint for the given URI, using self._endpointFactory.

Parameters	uri	The URI of the request. (type: `URI`)
Returns	An endpoint which can be used to connect to given address.

def request(self, method, uri, headers=None, bodyProducer=None):

Issue a request to the server indicated by the given uri.

An existing connection from the connection pool may be used or a new one may be created.

HTTP and HTTPS schemes are supported in uri.

See Also twisted.web.iweb.IAgent.request

twisted.web.client.Agent(_AgentBase) class documentation