how to use python to send request via get and post

test_http.py

import httplib, json, urllib

# get
conn = httplib.HTTPConnection('localhost', 5000)
conn.request('GET', '/')
r1 = conn.getresponse()
print r1.status, r1.reason

data = r1.read()
print json.loads(data)
conn.close()

# post
params = urllib.urlencode({'name': 'rose', 'age': '16', 'sex': 'female'})
headers = {"Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", "Accept": "application/json"}
conn = httplib.HTTPConnection('localhost', 5000)
conn.request('post', '/add', params, headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
print response.status, response.reason
conn.close()