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+:mod:`http` --- HTTP modules
+============================
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+``http`` is a package that collects several modules for working with the
+HyperText Transfer Protocol:
+
+* :mod:`http.client` is a low-level HTTP protocol client; for high-level URL
+ opening use :mod:`urllib.request`
+* :mod:`http.server` contains basic HTTP server classes based on :mod:`socketserver`
+* :mod:`http.cookies` has utilities for implementing state management with cookies
+* :mod:`http.cookiejar` provides persistence of cookies