1 \section{Standard Module
\sectcode{gopherlib
}}
4 \renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module gopherlib)
}
6 This module provides a minimal implementation of client side of the
7 the Gopher protocol. It is used by the module
\code{urllib
} to handle
8 URLs that use the Gopher protocol.
10 The module defines the following functions:
12 \begin{funcdesc
}{send_selector
}{selector\, host
\optional{\, port
}}
13 Send a
\var{selector
} string to the gopher server at
\var{host
} and
14 \var{port
} (default
70). Return an open file object from which the
15 returned
document can be read.
18 \begin{funcdesc
}{send_query
}{selector\, query\, host
\optional{\, port
}}
19 Send a
\var{selector
} string and a
\var{query
} string to a gopher
20 server at
\var{host
} and
\var{port
} (default
70). Return an open file
21 object from which the returned
document can be read.
24 Note that the data returned by the Gopher server can be of any type,
25 depending on the first character of the selector string. If the data
26 is text (first character of the selector is
\samp{0}), lines are
27 terminated by CRLF, and the data is terminated by a line consisting of
28 a single
\samp{.
}, and a leading
\samp{.
} should be stripped from
29 lines that begin with
\samp{..
}. Directory listings (first charactger
30 of the selector is
\samp{1}) are transferred using the same protocol.
