Index: stamper/http.py
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--- stamper/http.py	(revision 51)
+++ stamper/http.py	(revision 51)
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+
+from urllib2 import Request, urlopen
+from urllib import urlencode
+from urlparse import urljoin
+
+
+class HTTPClient(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, base_url, user=None, password=None):
+        self.base_url = base_url
+        self.user = user
+        self.password = password
+
+    def authenticate(self):
+        return 'not ready yet'
+
+    def send_request(self, url, data=None):
+        request = Request(url, data)
+        response = urlopen(request)
+        return response.read()
+
+    def get(self, url):
+        return self.send_request(urljoin(self.base_url, url))
+
+    def post(self, url, data):
+        encoded_data = urlencode(data)
+        return self.send_request(urljoin(self.base_url, url), encoded_data)