Network Programming

We take a quick look at how data moves across the network using the HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP) and how we write programs to read data across the network.

• Videos

  • Networks and Packets - Part 1 (7:44)
  • Servers and Protocols - Part 2 (9:21)
  • Using HTTP in Python - Part 3 (4:36)
  • Worked Example: Sockets (6:12)
  • Characters, ASCII, and Unicode - Part 4 (11:15)
  • Using urllib in Python - Part 5 (5:31)
  • Worked Example: Urllib (3:40)
  • Beautiful Soup in Python - Part 6 (6:40)
  • Worked Example: BeautifulSoup (9:21)

• Slides

  • Pythonlearn-12-HTTP.pptx

• References

  • Chapter 12: Networked Programs
  • ASCII Coding and Binary
  • Characters, Symbols and the Unicode Miracle - Computerphile
• Discussions:
  • Network Programming (Login Required)
    
• Tools:
  • Autograder: Request-Response Cycle (Login Required)
    
  • Autograder: Scraping HTML Data with BeautifulSoup (Login Required)
    
  • Autograder: Following Links with BeautifulSoup (Login Required)
    
  • Quiz: HTTP (Login Required)