1 PycURL is a Python interface to libcurl, the multiprotocol file transfer
2 library. Similarly to the urllib Python module, PycURL can be used to fetch
3 objects identified by a URL from a Python program. Beyond simple fetches however
4 PycURL exposes most of the functionality of libcurl, including:
6 - Speed - libcurl is very fast and PycURL, being a thin wrapper above libcurl,
7 is very fast as well. PycURL was benchmarked to be several times faster than
9 - Features including multiple protocol support, SSL, authentication and proxy
10 options. PycURL supports most of libcurl's callbacks.
11 - Multi and share interfaces.
12 - Sockets used for network operations, permitting integration of PycURL into the
13 applications' I/O loop (e.g., using Tornado).
15 WWW: http://pycurl.io/
16 WWW: https://github.com/pycurl/pycurl