[Biopython-dev] [Bug 2824] New: Bio.Entrez.epost is using an HTTP GET not an HTTP POST

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           Summary: Bio.Entrez.epost is using an HTTP GET not an HTTP POST
           Product: Biopython
           Version: Not Applicable
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Main Distribution
        AssignedTo: biopython-dev at biopython.org
        ReportedBy: biopython-bugzilla at maubp.freeserve.co.uk


Following from a query on our mailing list suggesting Bio.Entrez.epost is
failing with long ID lists, I looked a little more closely at the code and it
is actually using an HTTP GET instead of an HTTP POST (which would avoid the
long URL problem).

See:
http://lists.open-bio.org/pipermail/biopython/2009-May/005149.html

We can still use urllib to do this with its data argument...
http://docs.python.org/library/urllib.html


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