PycURL -- A Python Interface To The cURL library

PycURL is a Python interface to libcurl , the multiprotocol file transfer library. Similarly to the urllib Python module, PycURL can be used to fetch objects identified by a URL from a Python program. Beyond simple fetches however PycURL exposes most of the functionality of libcurl, including:

Download source and binary distributions from PyPI . Binary wheels are now available for 32 and 64 bit Windows versions.

Please see INSTALL.rst for installation instructions. If installing from a Git checkout, please follow instruction in the Git Checkout section of INSTALL.rst.

Documentation for the most recent PycURL release is available on PycURL website .

Documentation for the development version of PycURL is available here .

To build documentation from source, run make docs . Building documentation requires Sphinx to be installed, as well as pycurl extension module built as docstrings are extracted from it. Built documentation is stored in build/doc subdirectory.

For support questions please use curl-and-python mailing list . Mailing list archives are available for your perusal as well.

Although not an official support venue, Stack Overflow has been popular with some PycURL users.

Bugs can be reported via GitHub . Please use GitHub only for bug reports and direct questions to our mailing list instead.

PycURL comes with an automated test suite. To run the tests, execute:

make test
The suite depends on packages pytest and flask, as well as vsftpd.
Some tests use vsftpd configured to accept anonymous uploads. These tests
are not run by default. As configured, vsftpd will allow reads and writes to
anything the user running the tests has read and write access. To run
vsftpd tests you must explicitly set PYCURL_VSFTPD_PATH variable like so:
# use vsftpd in PATH
export PYCURL_VSFTPD_PATH=vsftpd
# specify full path to vsftpd
export PYCURL_VSFTPD_PATH=/usr/local/libexec/vsftpd
Test Matrix

The test matrix is a separate framework that runs tests on more esoteric
configurations. It supports:
Testing against Python 2.4, which bottle does not support.
Testing against Python compiled without threads, which requires an out of
process test server.
Testing against locally compiled libcurl with arbitrary options.
To use the test matrix, first start the test server from Python 2.5+ by
running:
python -m tests.appmanager
Then in a different shell, and preferably in a separate user account,
run the test matrix:
# run ftp tests, etc.
export PYCURL_VSFTPD_PATH=vsftpd
# create a new work directory, preferably not under pycurl tree
mkdir testmatrix
cd testmatrix
# run the matrix specifying absolute path
python /path/to/pycurl/tests/matrix.py
The test matrix will download, build and install supported Python versions
and supported libcurl versions, then run pycurl tests against each combination.
To see what the combinations are, look in
tests/matrix.py.
Contribute

For smaller changes:
Fork the repository on Github.
Create a branch off master.
Make your changes.
Write a test which shows that the bug was fixed or that the feature
works as expected.
Send a pull request.
Check back after 10-15 minutes to see if tests passed on Travis CI.
PycURL supports old Python and libcurl releases and their support is tested
on Travis.
For larger changes:
Join the mailing list.
Discuss your proposal on the mailing list.
When consensus is reached, implement it as described above.
Please contribute binary distributions for your system to the
downloads repository.
License

All rights reserved.
PycURL is dual licensed under the LGPL and an MIT/X derivative license
based on the cURL license.  A full copy of the LGPL license is included
in the file COPYING-LGPL.  A full copy of the MIT/X derivative license is
included in the file COPYING-MIT.  You can redistribute and/or modify PycURL
according to the terms of either license.