How do I set headers using python's urllib?

Question

I am pretty new to python\'s urllib. What I need to do is set a custom header for the request being sent to the server. Specifically, I need to set the Content-type and Au

Answer 1

For multiple headers do as follow:

import urllib2
req = urllib2.Request('http://www.example.com/')
req.add_header('param1', '212212')
req.add_header('param2', '12345678')
req.add_header('other_param1', 'sample')
req.add_header('other_param2', 'sample1111')
req.add_header('and_any_other_parame', 'testttt')
resp = urllib2.urlopen(req)
content = resp.read()