How to make HTTP DELETE method using urllib2?

Question

Does urllib2 support DELETE or PUT method? If yes provide with any example please. I need to use piston API.

Answer 1

You can define a subclass of the Request object, and call it as follows:

import urllib2

class RequestWithMethod(urllib2.Request):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self._method = kwargs.pop('method', None)
        urllib2.Request.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)

    def get_method(self):
        return self._method if self._method else super(RequestWithMethod, self).get_method()


def put_request(url, data):
    opener = urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.HTTPHandler)
    request = RequestWithMethod(url, method='PUT', data=data)
    return opener.open(request)


def delete_request(url):
    opener = urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.HTTPHandler)
    request = RequestWithMethod(url, method='DELETE')
    return opener.open(request)

(This is similar to the above answers, but shows usage.)