# http_post.py
#
# HTTP POST file using "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" content type.
#

import httplib
import StringIO
import base64

host = '<hostname>'
path = '<path>'
fn = 'post.txt'
debug = 0

# grab file contents and size
f = open( fn, 'rb' )
b = StringIO.StringIO( f.read() )
f.close()
s = len( b.getvalue() )

# send file
h = httplib.HTTPConnection( host )
h.set_debuglevel( debug )
h.putrequest( 'POST', path, True, True )
h.putheader( 'Content-Length', str(s) )
h.putheader( 'Host', host )
h.putheader( 'Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' )
h.endheaders()
h.send( b.getvalue() )
r = h.getresponse()

# print reply
print "%s %s" % ( r.status, r.reason )
print
print r.read()
print

h.close()