10.7. 互联网访问

有许多模块可用于访问互联网和处理互联网协议。其中两个最简单的 urllib.request 用于从URL检索数据，以及 smtplib 用于发送邮件:

>>> from urllib.request import urlopen
>>> with urlopen('http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/timer.pl') as response:
...     for line in response:
...         line = line.decode('utf-8')  # Decoding the binary data to text.
...         if 'EST' in line or 'EDT' in line:  # look for Eastern Time
...             print(line)
 
<BR>Nov. 25, 09:43:32 PM EST
 
>>> import smtplib
>>> server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
>>> server.sendmail('soothsayer@example.org', 'jcaesar@example.org',
... """To: jcaesar@example.org
... From: soothsayer@example.org
...
... Beware the Ides of March.
... """)
>>> server.quit()

（请注意，第二个示例需要在localhost上运行的邮件服务器。）