Method open

Lib/urllib/request.py:470–497

(self, fullurl, data=None, timeout=socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)

                return result

    def open(self, fullurl, data=None, timeout=socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
        # accept a URL or a Request object
        if isinstance(fullurl, str):
            req = Request(fullurl, data)
        else:
            req = fullurl
            if data is not None:
                req.data = data

        req.timeout = timeout
        protocol = req.type

        # pre-process request
        meth_name = protocol+"_request"
        for processor in self.process_request.get(protocol, []):
            meth = getattr(processor, meth_name)
            req = meth(req)

        sys.audit('urllib.Request', req.full_url, req.data, req.headers, req.get_method())
        response = self._open(req, data)

        # post-process response
        meth_name = protocol+"_response"
        for processor in self.process_response.get(protocol, []):
            meth = getattr(processor, meth_name)
            response = meth(req, response)

        return response

    def _open(self, req, data=None):
        result = self._call_chain(self.handle_open, 'default',