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It can be used to implement a news reader or poster, or automated news processors. It is compatible with <span class="target" id="index-1"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3977.html"><strong>RFC 3977</strong></a> as well as the older <span class="target" id="index-2"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc977.html"><strong>RFC 977</strong></a> and <span class="target" id="index-3"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2980.html"><strong>RFC 2980</strong></a>.</p> <p>Here are two small examples of how it can be used. To list some statistics about a newsgroup and print the subjects of the last 10 articles:</p> <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">s</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">nntplib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">NNTP</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;news.gmane.org&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">resp</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">count</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">first</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">last</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">group</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;gmane.comp.python.committers&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;Group&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;has&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">count</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;articles, range&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">first</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;to&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">last</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="go">Group gmane.comp.python.committers has 1096 articles, range 1 to 1096</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">resp</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">overviews</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">over</span><span class="p">((</span><span class="n">last</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="mi">9</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">last</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">for</span> <span class="nb">id</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">over</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">overviews</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="gp">... </span> <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">id</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">nntplib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">decode_header</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">over</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;subject&#39;</span><span class="p">]))</span> <span class="gp">...</span> <span class="go">1087 Re: Commit privileges for Łukasz Langa</span> <span class="go">1088 Re: 3.2 alpha 2 freeze</span> <span class="go">1089 Re: 3.2 alpha 2 freeze</span> <span class="go">1090 Re: Commit privileges for Łukasz Langa</span> <span class="go">1091 Re: Commit privileges for Łukasz Langa</span> <span class="go">1092 Updated ssh key</span> <span class="go">1093 Re: Updated ssh key</span> <span class="go">1094 Re: Updated ssh key</span> <span class="go">1095 Hello fellow committers!</span> <span class="go">1096 Re: Hello fellow committers!</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">quit</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="go">&#39;205 Bye!&#39;</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>To post an article from a binary file (this assumes that the article has valid headers, and that you have right to post on the particular newsgroup):</p> <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">s</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">nntplib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">NNTP</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;news.gmane.org&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">f</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">open</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;article.txt&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;rb&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">post</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">f</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="go">&#39;240 Article posted successfully.&#39;</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">quit</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="go">&#39;205 Bye!&#39;</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>The module itself defines the following classes:</p> <dl class="class"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP"> <em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">nntplib.</code><code class="descname">NNTP</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>host</em>, <em>port=119</em>, <em>user=None</em>, <em>password=None</em>, <em>readermode=None</em>, <em>usenetrc=False</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>timeout</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Return a new <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP" title="nntplib.NNTP"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NNTP</span></code></a> object, representing a connection to the NNTP server running on host <em>host</em>, listening at port <em>port</em>. An optional <em>timeout</em> can be specified for the socket connection. If the optional <em>user</em> and <em>password</em> are provided, or if suitable credentials are present in <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/.netrc</span></code> and the optional flag <em>usenetrc</em> is true, the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTHINFO</span> <span class="pre">USER</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTHINFO</span> <span class="pre">PASS</span></code> commands are used to identify and authenticate the user to the server. If the optional flag <em>readermode</em> is true, then a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mode</span> <span class="pre">reader</span></code> command is sent before authentication is performed. Reader mode is sometimes necessary if you are connecting to an NNTP server on the local machine and intend to call reader-specific commands, such as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">group</span></code>. If you get unexpected <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTPPermanentError" title="nntplib.NNTPPermanentError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NNTPPermanentError</span></code></a>s, you might need to set <em>readermode</em>. The <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP" title="nntplib.NNTP"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NNTP</span></code></a> class supports the <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/compound_stmts.html#with"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">with</span></code></a> statement to unconditionally consume <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#OSError" title="OSError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OSError</span></code></a> exceptions and to close the NNTP connection when done, e.g.:</p> <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">nntplib</span> <span class="k">import</span> <span class="n">NNTP</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">NNTP</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;news.gmane.org&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">n</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="gp">... </span> <span class="n">n</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">group</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;gmane.comp.python.committers&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="gp">... </span> <span class="go">(&#39;211 1755 1 1755 gmane.comp.python.committers&#39;, 1755, 1, 1755, &#39;gmane.comp.python.committers&#39;)</span> <span class="go">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> </pre></div> </div> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.2: </span><em>usenetrc</em> is now <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code> by default.</p> </div> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.3: </span>Support for the <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/compound_stmts.html#with"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">with</span></code></a> statement was added.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="class"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP_SSL"> <em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">nntplib.</code><code class="descname">NNTP_SSL</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>host</em>, <em>port=563</em>, <em>user=None</em>, <em>password=None</em>, <em>ssl_context=None</em>, <em>readermode=None</em>, <em>usenetrc=False</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>timeout</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP_SSL" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Return a new <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP_SSL" title="nntplib.NNTP_SSL"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NNTP_SSL</span></code></a> object, representing an encrypted connection to the NNTP server running on host <em>host</em>, listening at port <em>port</em>. <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP_SSL" title="nntplib.NNTP_SSL"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NNTP_SSL</span></code></a> objects have the same methods as <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP" title="nntplib.NNTP"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NNTP</span></code></a> objects. If <em>port</em> is omitted, port 563 (NNTPS) is used. <em>ssl_context</em> is also optional, and is a <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl.SSLContext" title="ssl.SSLContext"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SSLContext</span></code></a> object. Please read <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl-security"><span class="std std-ref">Security considerations</span></a> for best practices. All other parameters behave the same as for <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP" title="nntplib.NNTP"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NNTP</span></code></a>.</p> <p>Note that SSL-on-563 is discouraged per <span class="target" id="index-4"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4642.html"><strong>RFC 4642</strong></a>, in favor of STARTTLS as described below. However, some servers only support the former.</p> <div class="versionadded"> <p><span class="versionmodified">New in version 3.2.</span></p> </div> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.4: </span>The class now supports hostname check with <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname" title="ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname</span></code></a> and <em>Server Name Indication</em> (see <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl.HAS_SNI" title="ssl.HAS_SNI"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl.HAS_SNI</span></code></a>).</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="exception"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTPError"> <em class="property">exception </em><code class="descclassname">nntplib.</code><code class="descname">NNTPError</code><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTPError" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Derived from the standard exception <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#Exception" title="Exception"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Exception</span></code></a>, this is the base class for all exceptions raised by the <a class="reference internal" href="#module-nntplib" title="nntplib: NNTP protocol client (requires sockets)."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">nntplib</span></code></a> module. Instances of this class have the following attribute:</p> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTPError.response"> <code class="descname">response</code><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTPError.response" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The response of the server if available, as a <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#str" title="str"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code></a> object.</p> </dd></dl> </dd></dl> <dl class="exception"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTPReplyError"> <em class="property">exception </em><code class="descclassname">nntplib.</code><code class="descname">NNTPReplyError</code><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTPReplyError" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Exception raised when an unexpected reply is received from the server.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="exception"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTPTemporaryError"> <em class="property">exception </em><code class="descclassname">nntplib.</code><code class="descname">NNTPTemporaryError</code><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTPTemporaryError" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Exception raised when a response code in the range 400–499 is received.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="exception"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTPPermanentError"> <em class="property">exception </em><code class="descclassname">nntplib.</code><code class="descname">NNTPPermanentError</code><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTPPermanentError" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Exception raised when a response code in the range 500–599 is received.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="exception"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTPProtocolError"> <em class="property">exception </em><code class="descclassname">nntplib.</code><code class="descname">NNTPProtocolError</code><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTPProtocolError" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Exception raised when a reply is received from the server that does not begin with a digit in the range 1–5.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="exception"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTPDataError"> <em class="property">exception </em><code class="descclassname">nntplib.</code><code class="descname">NNTPDataError</code><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTPDataError" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Exception raised when there is some error in the response data.</p> </dd></dl> <div class="section" id="nntp-objects"> <span id="id1"></span><h2>21.16.1. NNTP Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#nntp-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>When connected, <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP" title="nntplib.NNTP"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NNTP</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP_SSL" title="nntplib.NNTP_SSL"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NNTP_SSL</span></code></a> objects support the following methods and attributes.</p> <div class="section" id="attributes"> <h3>21.16.1.1. Attributes<a class="headerlink" href="#attributes" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.nntp_version"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">nntp_version</code><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.nntp_version" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>An integer representing the version of the NNTP protocol supported by the server. In practice, this should be <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">2</span></code> for servers advertising <span class="target" id="index-5"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3977.html"><strong>RFC 3977</strong></a> compliance and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> for others.</p> <div class="versionadded"> <p><span class="versionmodified">New in version 3.2.</span></p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.nntp_implementation"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">nntp_implementation</code><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.nntp_implementation" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>A string describing the software name and version of the NNTP server, or <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#None" title="None"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code></a> if not advertised by the server.</p> <div class="versionadded"> <p><span class="versionmodified">New in version 3.2.</span></p> </div> </dd></dl> </div> <div class="section" id="methods"> <h3>21.16.1.2. Methods<a class="headerlink" href="#methods" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <p>The <em>response</em> that is returned as the first item in the return tuple of almost all methods is the server’s response: a string beginning with a three-digit code. If the server’s response indicates an error, the method raises one of the above exceptions.</p> <p>Many of the following methods take an optional keyword-only argument <em>file</em>. When the <em>file</em> argument is supplied, it must be either a <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-file-object"><span class="xref std std-term">file object</span></a> opened for binary writing, or the name of an on-disk file to be written to. The method will then write any data returned by the server (except for the response line and the terminating dot) to the file; any list of lines, tuples or objects that the method normally returns will be empty.</p> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.2: </span>Many of the following methods have been reworked and fixed, which makes them incompatible with their 3.1 counterparts.</p> </div> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.quit"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">quit</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.quit" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Send a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">QUIT</span></code> command and close the connection. Once this method has been called, no other methods of the NNTP object should be called.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.getwelcome"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">getwelcome</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.getwelcome" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Return the welcome message sent by the server in reply to the initial connection. (This message sometimes contains disclaimers or help information that may be relevant to the user.)</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.getcapabilities"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">getcapabilities</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.getcapabilities" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Return the <span class="target" id="index-6"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3977.html"><strong>RFC 3977</strong></a> capabilities advertised by the server, as a <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#dict" title="dict"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dict</span></code></a> instance mapping capability names to (possibly empty) lists of values. On legacy servers which don’t understand the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CAPABILITIES</span></code> command, an empty dictionary is returned instead.</p> <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">s</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">NNTP</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;news.gmane.org&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="s1">&#39;POST&#39;</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getcapabilities</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="go">True</span> </pre></div> </div> <div class="versionadded"> <p><span class="versionmodified">New in version 3.2.</span></p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.login"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">login</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>user=None</em>, <em>password=None</em>, <em>usenetrc=True</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.login" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Send <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AUTHINFO</span></code> commands with the user name and password. If <em>user</em> and <em>password</em> are <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> and <em>usenetrc</em> is true, credentials from <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">~/.netrc</span></code> will be used if possible.</p> <p>Unless intentionally delayed, login is normally performed during the <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP" title="nntplib.NNTP"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NNTP</span></code></a> object initialization and separately calling this function is unnecessary. To force authentication to be delayed, you must not set <em>user</em> or <em>password</em> when creating the object, and must set <em>usenetrc</em> to False.</p> <div class="versionadded"> <p><span class="versionmodified">New in version 3.2.</span></p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.starttls"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">starttls</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>ssl_context=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.starttls" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Send a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">STARTTLS</span></code> command. This will enable encryption on the NNTP connection. The <em>ssl_context</em> argument is optional and should be a <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl.SSLContext" title="ssl.SSLContext"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl.SSLContext</span></code></a> object. Please read <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl-security"><span class="std std-ref">Security considerations</span></a> for best practices.</p> <p>Note that this may not be done after authentication information has been transmitted, and authentication occurs by default if possible during a <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP" title="nntplib.NNTP"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NNTP</span></code></a> object initialization. See <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP.login" title="nntplib.NNTP.login"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NNTP.login()</span></code></a> for information on suppressing this behavior.</p> <div class="versionadded"> <p><span class="versionmodified">New in version 3.2.</span></p> </div> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.4: </span>The method now supports hostname check with <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname" title="ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname</span></code></a> and <em>Server Name Indication</em> (see <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl.HAS_SNI" title="ssl.HAS_SNI"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl.HAS_SNI</span></code></a>).</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.newgroups"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">newgroups</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>date</em>, <em>*</em>, <em>file=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.newgroups" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Send a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NEWGROUPS</span></code> command. The <em>date</em> argument should be a <a class="reference internal" href="datetime.html#datetime.date" title="datetime.date"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">datetime.date</span></code></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="datetime.html#datetime.datetime" title="datetime.datetime"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">datetime.datetime</span></code></a> object. Return a pair <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(response,</span> <span class="pre">groups)</span></code> where <em>groups</em> is a list representing the groups that are new since the given <em>date</em>. If <em>file</em> is supplied, though, then <em>groups</em> will be empty.</p> <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">datetime</span> <span class="k">import</span> <span class="n">date</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">timedelta</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">resp</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">groups</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">newgroups</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">date</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">today</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="n">timedelta</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">days</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">groups</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="go">85</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">groups</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="go">GroupInfo(group=&#39;gmane.network.tor.devel&#39;, last=&#39;4&#39;, first=&#39;1&#39;, flag=&#39;m&#39;)</span> </pre></div> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.newnews"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">newnews</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>group</em>, <em>date</em>, <em>*</em>, <em>file=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.newnews" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Send a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NEWNEWS</span></code> command. Here, <em>group</em> is a group name or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'*'</span></code>, and <em>date</em> has the same meaning as for <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP.newgroups" title="nntplib.NNTP.newgroups"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">newgroups()</span></code></a>. Return a pair <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(response,</span> <span class="pre">articles)</span></code> where <em>articles</em> is a list of message ids.</p> <p>This command is frequently disabled by NNTP server administrators.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.list"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">list</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>group_pattern=None</em>, <em>*</em>, <em>file=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.list" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Send a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LIST</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LIST</span> <span class="pre">ACTIVE</span></code> command. Return a pair <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(response,</span> <span class="pre">list)</span></code> where <em>list</em> is a list of tuples representing all the groups available from this NNTP server, optionally matching the pattern string <em>group_pattern</em>. Each tuple has the form <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(group,</span> <span class="pre">last,</span> <span class="pre">first,</span> <span class="pre">flag)</span></code>, where <em>group</em> is a group name, <em>last</em> and <em>first</em> are the last and first article numbers, and <em>flag</em> usually takes one of these values:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">y</span></code>: Local postings and articles from peers are allowed.</li> <li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">m</span></code>: The group is moderated and all postings must be approved.</li> <li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">n</span></code>: No local postings are allowed, only articles from peers.</li> <li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">j</span></code>: Articles from peers are filed in the junk group instead.</li> <li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">x</span></code>: No local postings, and articles from peers are ignored.</li> <li><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">=foo.bar</span></code>: Articles are filed in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">foo.bar</span></code> group instead.</li> </ul> <p>If <em>flag</em> has another value, then the status of the newsgroup should be considered unknown.</p> <p>This command can return very large results, especially if <em>group_pattern</em> is not specified. It is best to cache the results offline unless you really need to refresh them.</p> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.2: </span><em>group_pattern</em> was added.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.descriptions"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">descriptions</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>grouppattern</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.descriptions" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Send a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LIST</span> <span class="pre">NEWSGROUPS</span></code> command, where <em>grouppattern</em> is a wildmat string as specified in <span class="target" id="index-7"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3977.html"><strong>RFC 3977</strong></a> (it’s essentially the same as DOS or UNIX shell wildcard strings). Return a pair <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(response,</span> <span class="pre">descriptions)</span></code>, where <em>descriptions</em> is a dictionary mapping group names to textual descriptions.</p> <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">resp</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">descs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">descriptions</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;gmane.comp.python.*&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">descs</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="go">295</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">descs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">popitem</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="go">(&#39;gmane.comp.python.bio.general&#39;, &#39;BioPython discussion list (Moderated)&#39;)</span> </pre></div> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.description"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">description</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>group</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.description" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Get a description for a single group <em>group</em>. If more than one group matches (if ‘group’ is a real wildmat string), return the first match. If no group matches, return an empty string.</p> <p>This elides the response code from the server. If the response code is needed, use <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP.descriptions" title="nntplib.NNTP.descriptions"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">descriptions()</span></code></a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.group"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">group</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>name</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.group" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Send a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GROUP</span></code> command, where <em>name</em> is the group name. The group is selected as the current group, if it exists. Return a tuple <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(response,</span> <span class="pre">count,</span> <span class="pre">first,</span> <span class="pre">last,</span> <span class="pre">name)</span></code> where <em>count</em> is the (estimated) number of articles in the group, <em>first</em> is the first article number in the group, <em>last</em> is the last article number in the group, and <em>name</em> is the group name.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.over"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">over</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>message_spec</em>, <em>*</em>, <em>file=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.over" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Send an <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OVER</span></code> command, or an <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">XOVER</span></code> command on legacy servers. <em>message_spec</em> can be either a string representing a message id, or a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(first,</span> <span class="pre">last)</span></code> tuple of numbers indicating a range of articles in the current group, or a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(first,</span> <span class="pre">None)</span></code> tuple indicating a range of articles starting from <em>first</em> to the last article in the current group, or <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#None" title="None"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code></a> to select the current article in the current group.</p> <p>Return a pair <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(response,</span> <span class="pre">overviews)</span></code>. <em>overviews</em> is a list of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(article_number,</span> <span class="pre">overview)</span></code> tuples, one for each article selected by <em>message_spec</em>. Each <em>overview</em> is a dictionary with the same number of items, but this number depends on the server. These items are either message headers (the key is then the lower-cased header name) or metadata items (the key is then the metadata name prepended with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;:&quot;</span></code>). The following items are guaranteed to be present by the NNTP specification:</p> <ul class="simple"> <li>the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">subject</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">from</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">date</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">message-id</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">references</span></code> headers</li> <li>the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">:bytes</span></code> metadata: the number of bytes in the entire raw article (including headers and body)</li> <li>the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">:lines</span></code> metadata: the number of lines in the article body</li> </ul> <p>The value of each item is either a string, or <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#None" title="None"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code></a> if not present.</p> <p>It is advisable to use the <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.decode_header" title="nntplib.decode_header"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">decode_header()</span></code></a> function on header values when they may contain non-ASCII characters:</p> <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">_</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">_</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">first</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">last</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">_</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">group</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;gmane.comp.python.devel&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">resp</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">overviews</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">over</span><span class="p">((</span><span class="n">last</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">last</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">art_num</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">over</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">overviews</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">art_num</span> <span class="go">117216</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">over</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">keys</span><span class="p">())</span> <span class="go">[&#39;xref&#39;, &#39;from&#39;, &#39;:lines&#39;, &#39;:bytes&#39;, &#39;references&#39;, &#39;date&#39;, &#39;message-id&#39;, &#39;subject&#39;]</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">over</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;from&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="go">&#39;=?UTF-8?B?Ik1hcnRpbiB2LiBMw7Z3aXMi?= &lt;martin@v.loewis.de&gt;&#39;</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">nntplib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">decode_header</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">over</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;from&#39;</span><span class="p">])</span> <span class="go">&#39;&quot;Martin v. Löwis&quot; &lt;martin@v.loewis.de&gt;&#39;</span> </pre></div> </div> <div class="versionadded"> <p><span class="versionmodified">New in version 3.2.</span></p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.help"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">help</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>*</em>, <em>file=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.help" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Send a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">HELP</span></code> command. Return a pair <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(response,</span> <span class="pre">list)</span></code> where <em>list</em> is a list of help strings.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.stat"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">stat</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>message_spec=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.stat" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Send a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">STAT</span></code> command, where <em>message_spec</em> is either a message id (enclosed in <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'&lt;'</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'&gt;'</span></code>) or an article number in the current group. If <em>message_spec</em> is omitted or <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#None" title="None"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code></a>, the current article in the current group is considered. Return a triple <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(response,</span> <span class="pre">number,</span> <span class="pre">id)</span></code> where <em>number</em> is the article number and <em>id</em> is the message id.</p> <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">_</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">_</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">first</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">last</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">_</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">group</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;gmane.comp.python.devel&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">resp</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">number</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">message_id</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stat</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">first</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">number</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">message_id</span> <span class="go">(9099, &#39;&lt;20030112190404.GE29873@epoch.metaslash.com&gt;&#39;)</span> </pre></div> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.next"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">next</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.next" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Send a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NEXT</span></code> command. Return as for <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP.stat" title="nntplib.NNTP.stat"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stat()</span></code></a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.last"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">last</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.last" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Send a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LAST</span></code> command. Return as for <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP.stat" title="nntplib.NNTP.stat"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stat()</span></code></a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.article"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">article</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>message_spec=None</em>, <em>*</em>, <em>file=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.article" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Send an <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ARTICLE</span></code> command, where <em>message_spec</em> has the same meaning as for <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP.stat" title="nntplib.NNTP.stat"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stat()</span></code></a>. Return a tuple <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(response,</span> <span class="pre">info)</span></code> where <em>info</em> is a <a class="reference internal" href="collections.html#collections.namedtuple" title="collections.namedtuple"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">namedtuple</span></code></a> with three attributes <em>number</em>, <em>message_id</em> and <em>lines</em> (in that order). <em>number</em> is the article number in the group (or 0 if the information is not available), <em>message_id</em> the message id as a string, and <em>lines</em> a list of lines (without terminating newlines) comprising the raw message including headers and body.</p> <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">resp</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">info</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">article</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;&lt;20030112190404.GE29873@epoch.metaslash.com&gt;&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">info</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">number</span> <span class="go">0</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">info</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">message_id</span> <span class="go">&#39;&lt;20030112190404.GE29873@epoch.metaslash.com&gt;&#39;</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">info</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lines</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="go">65</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">info</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lines</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="go">b&#39;Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail&#39;</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">info</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lines</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="go">b&#39;From: Neal Norwitz &lt;neal@metaslash.com&gt;&#39;</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">info</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lines</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">:]</span> <span class="go">[b&#39;There is a patch for 2.3 as well as 2.2.&#39;, b&#39;&#39;, b&#39;Neal&#39;]</span> </pre></div> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.head"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">head</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>message_spec=None</em>, <em>*</em>, <em>file=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.head" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Same as <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP.article" title="nntplib.NNTP.article"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">article()</span></code></a>, but sends a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">HEAD</span></code> command. The <em>lines</em> returned (or written to <em>file</em>) will only contain the message headers, not the body.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.body"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">body</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>message_spec=None</em>, <em>*</em>, <em>file=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.body" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Same as <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP.article" title="nntplib.NNTP.article"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">article()</span></code></a>, but sends a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BODY</span></code> command. The <em>lines</em> returned (or written to <em>file</em>) will only contain the message body, not the headers.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.post"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">post</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>data</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.post" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Post an article using the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">POST</span></code> command. The <em>data</em> argument is either a <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-file-object"><span class="xref std std-term">file object</span></a> opened for binary reading, or any iterable of bytes objects (representing raw lines of the article to be posted). It should represent a well-formed news article, including the required headers. The <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP.post" title="nntplib.NNTP.post"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">post()</span></code></a> method automatically escapes lines beginning with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.</span></code> and appends the termination line.</p> <p>If the method succeeds, the server’s response is returned. If the server refuses posting, a <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTPReplyError" title="nntplib.NNTPReplyError"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NNTPReplyError</span></code></a> is raised.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.ihave"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">ihave</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>message_id</em>, <em>data</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.ihave" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Send an <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">IHAVE</span></code> command. <em>message_id</em> is the id of the message to send to the server (enclosed in <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'&lt;'</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'&gt;'</span></code>). The <em>data</em> parameter and the return value are the same as for <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP.post" title="nntplib.NNTP.post"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">post()</span></code></a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.date"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">date</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.date" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Return a pair <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(response,</span> <span class="pre">date)</span></code>. <em>date</em> is a <a class="reference internal" href="datetime.html#datetime.datetime" title="datetime.datetime"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">datetime</span></code></a> object containing the current date and time of the server.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.slave"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">slave</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.slave" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Send a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SLAVE</span></code> command. Return the server’s <em>response</em>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.set_debuglevel"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">set_debuglevel</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>level</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.set_debuglevel" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Set the instance’s debugging level. This controls the amount of debugging output printed. The default, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code>, produces no debugging output. A value of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> produces a moderate amount of debugging output, generally a single line per request or response. A value of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">2</span></code> or higher produces the maximum amount of debugging output, logging each line sent and received on the connection (including message text).</p> </dd></dl> <p>The following are optional NNTP extensions defined in <span class="target" id="index-8"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2980.html"><strong>RFC 2980</strong></a>. Some of them have been superseded by newer commands in <span class="target" id="index-9"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3977.html"><strong>RFC 3977</strong></a>.</p> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.xhdr"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">xhdr</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>hdr</em>, <em>str</em>, <em>*</em>, <em>file=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.xhdr" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Send an <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">XHDR</span></code> command. The <em>hdr</em> argument is a header keyword, e.g. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'subject'</span></code>. The <em>str</em> argument should have the form <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'first-last'</span></code> where <em>first</em> and <em>last</em> are the first and last article numbers to search. Return a pair <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(response,</span> <span class="pre">list)</span></code>, where <em>list</em> is a list of pairs <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(id,</span> <span class="pre">text)</span></code>, where <em>id</em> is an article number (as a string) and <em>text</em> is the text of the requested header for that article. If the <em>file</em> parameter is supplied, then the output of the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">XHDR</span></code> command is stored in a file. If <em>file</em> is a string, then the method will open a file with that name, write to it then close it. If <em>file</em> is a <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-file-object"><span class="xref std std-term">file object</span></a>, then it will start calling <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">write()</span></code> on it to store the lines of the command output. If <em>file</em> is supplied, then the returned <em>list</em> is an empty list.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.xover"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">xover</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>start</em>, <em>end</em>, <em>*</em>, <em>file=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.xover" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Send an <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">XOVER</span></code> command. <em>start</em> and <em>end</em> are article numbers delimiting the range of articles to select. The return value is the same of for <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP.over" title="nntplib.NNTP.over"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">over()</span></code></a>. It is recommended to use <a class="reference internal" href="#nntplib.NNTP.over" title="nntplib.NNTP.over"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">over()</span></code></a> instead, since it will automatically use the newer <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OVER</span></code> command if available.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="nntplib.NNTP.xpath"> <code class="descclassname">NNTP.</code><code class="descname">xpath</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>id</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.NNTP.xpath" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Return a pair <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(resp,</span> <span class="pre">path)</span></code>, where <em>path</em> is the directory path to the article with message ID <em>id</em>. Most of the time, this extension is not enabled by NNTP server administrators.</p> <div class="deprecated"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Deprecated since version 3.3: </span>The XPATH extension is not actively used.</p> </div> </dd></dl> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="utility-functions"> <h2>21.16.2. Utility functions<a class="headerlink" href="#utility-functions" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>The module also defines the following utility function:</p> <dl class="function"> <dt id="nntplib.decode_header"> <code class="descclassname">nntplib.</code><code class="descname">decode_header</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>header_str</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#nntplib.decode_header" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Decode a header value, un-escaping any escaped non-ASCII characters. <em>header_str</em> must be a <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#str" title="str"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code></a> object. The unescaped value is returned. Using this function is recommended to display some headers in a human readable form:</p> <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">decode_header</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Some subject&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="go">&#39;Some subject&#39;</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">decode_header</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;=?ISO-8859-15?Q?D=E9buter_en_Python?=&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="go">&#39;Débuter en Python&#39;</span> <span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">decode_header</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Re: =?UTF-8?B?cHJvYmzDqG1lIGRlIG1hdHJpY2U=?=&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="go">&#39;Re: problème de matrice&#39;</span> </pre></div> </div> </dd></dl> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sphinxsidebar" role="navigation" aria-label="main navigation"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <h3><a href="../contents.html">Table Of Contents</a></h3> <ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#">21.16. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">nntplib</span></code> — NNTP protocol client</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#nntp-objects">21.16.1. 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