## 18.5.2 Examples

Here is an example session that uses the "`GET`" method to retrieve a URL containing parameters:

    >>> import urllib
    >>> params = urllib.urlencode({'spam': 1, 'eggs': 2, 'bacon': 0})
    >>> f = urllib.urlopen("http://www.musi-cal.com/cgi-bin/query?%s" % params)
    >>> print f.read()

The following example uses the "`POST`" method instead:

    >>> import urllib
    >>> params = urllib.urlencode({'spam': 1, 'eggs': 2, 'bacon': 0})
    >>> f = urllib.urlopen("http://www.musi-cal.com/cgi-bin/query", params)
    >>> print f.read()

The following example uses an explicitly specified HTTP proxy, overriding environment settings:

    >>> import urllib
    >>> proxies = {'http': 'http://proxy.example.com:8080/'}
    >>> opener = urllib.FancyURLopener(proxies)
    >>> f = opener.open("http://www.python.org")
    >>> f.read()

The following example uses no proxies at all, overriding environment settings:

    >>> import urllib
    >>> opener = urllib.FancyURLopener({})
    >>> f = opener.open("http://www.python.org/")
    >>> f.read()