1995-03-17 16:07:09 +00:00
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\section{Standard Module \sectcode{nntplib}}
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1995-02-27 17:53:25 +00:00
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\stmodindex{nntplib}
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1995-02-28 17:14:32 +00:00
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\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module nntplib)}
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1995-03-22 15:48:46 +00:00
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This module defines the class \code{NNTP} which implements the client
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side of the NNTP protocol. It can be used to implement a news reader
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or poster, or automated news processors. For more information on NNTP
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(Network News Transfer Protocol), see Internet RFC 977.
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Due to time constraints, the documentation for this module could not
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be completed for this release of the Python documentation. Here are
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two small examples of how it can be used.
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To list some statistics about a newsgroup and print the subjects of
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the last 10 articles:
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\begin{verbatim}
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>>> s = NNTP('news.cwi.nl')
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>>> resp, count, first, last, name = s.group('comp.lang.python')
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>>> print 'Group', name, 'has', count, 'articles, range', first, 'to', last
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Group comp.lang.python has 59 articles, range 3742 to 3803
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>>> resp, subs = s.xhdr('subject', first + '-' + last)
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>>> for id, sub in subs[-10:]: print id, sub
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...
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3792 Re: Removing elements from a list while iterating...
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3793 Re: Who likes Info files?
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3794 Emacs and doc strings
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3795 a few questions about the Mac implementation
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3796 Re: executable python scripts
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3797 Re: executable python scripts
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3798 Re: a few questions about the Mac implementation
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3799 Re: PROPOSAL: A Generic Python Object Interface for Python C Modules
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3802 Re: executable python scripts
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3803 Re: POSIX wait and SIGCHLD
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>>> s.quit()
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'205 news.cwi.nl closing connection. Goodbye.'
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>>>
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\end{verbatim}
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To post an article from a file (this assumes that the article has
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valid headers):
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\begin{verbatim}
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>>> s = NNTP('news.cwi.nl')
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>>> f = open('/tmp/article')
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>>> s.post(f)
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'240 Article posted successfully.'
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>>> s.quit()
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'205 news.cwi.nl closing connection. Goodbye.'
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>>>
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\end{verbatim}
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