urllib2.HTTPDigestAuthHandler

class urllib2.HTTPDigestAuthHandler(passwd=None)[source]

An authentication protocol defined by RFC 2069

Digest authentication improves on basic authentication because it does not transmit passwords in the clear.

Methods

__init__([passwd])
__lt__(other)
add_parent(parent)
close()
get_algorithm_impls(algorithm)
get_authorization(req, chal)
get_cnonce(nonce)
get_entity_digest(data, chal)
http_error_401(req, fp, code, msg, headers)
http_error_auth_reqed(auth_header, host, ...)
reset_retry_count()
retry_http_digest_auth(req, auth)