Documentation update : connection keep alive

2026-06-05 22:50:18 +00:00 · 2014-08-22 10:39:05 +02:00
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@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@ Note that connections are only released back to the pool for reuse once all body
 data has been read; be sure to either set ``stream`` to ``False`` or read the
 ``content`` property of the ``Response`` object.

+Also note that you may have to set manually the ``'Connection': 'keep-alive'`` header to force the server keeping
+the connection open.
+This header is set by default by Chrome, Firefox, IE and opera but isn't set by urllib.

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