Hmmm.

From docs.python.org: 11.6.3 Examples:

   >>> import httplib
   >>> conn = httplib.HTTPConnection("www.python.org")
   >>> conn.request("GET", "/index.html")
   >>> r1 = conn.getresponse()
   >>> print r1.status, r1.reason
   200 OK
   >>> data1 = r1.read()
   >>> conn.request("GET", "/parrot.spam")
   >>> r2 = conn.getresponse()
   >>> print r2.status, r2.reason
   404 Not Found
   >>> data2 = r2.read()
   >>> conn.close()