Module urllib2 :: Class HTTPDigestAuthHandler
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_ClassType HTTPDigestAuthHandler

              BaseHandler --+
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AbstractDigestAuthHandler --+
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                           HTTPDigestAuthHandler

An authentication protocol defined by RFC 2069

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

Instance Methods [hide private]
 
http_error_401(self, req, fp, code, msg, headers)

Inherited from BaseHandler: __lt__, add_parent, close

Inherited from AbstractDigestAuthHandler: __init__, get_algorithm_impls, get_authorization, get_cnonce, get_entity_digest, http_error_auth_reqed, reset_retry_count, retry_http_digest_auth

Class Variables [hide private]
  auth_header = 'Authorization'
  handler_order = 490