From 1b2602344fe783c5422602ff5f7d03bf7928c0f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tat3657 Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 10:39:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation update : connection keep alive --- docs/user/advanced.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/user/advanced.rst b/docs/user/advanced.rst index 503b3f86..bffc7c03 100644 --- a/docs/user/advanced.rst +++ b/docs/user/advanced.rst @@ -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. Streaming Uploads -----------------