PYTHON curl_exec

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import httplib
h = 'www.example.com'
f = httplib.HTTPConnection(h)
f.request("GET",'/')
f.getresponse().read()

PHP curl_exec

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curl_exec

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)

curl_exec — Perform a cURL session

Description

mixed curl_exec ( resource $ch )

Execute the given cURL session.

This function should be called after initializing a cURL session and all the options for the session are set.

Parameters

ch

A cURL handle returned by curl_init().

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. However, if the CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER option is set, it will return the result on success, FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Fetching a web page

<?php
// create a new cURL resource
$ch = curl_init();

// set URL and other appropriate options
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.example.com/");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);

// grab URL and pass it to the browser
curl_exec($ch);

// close cURL resource, and free up system resources
curl_close($ch);
?>

See Also

cURL Functions
PHP Manual