Python处理http请求

# -*- coding:utf8 -*-
import httplib,urllib,json

def request(url="",method="GET",headers="",body=""):
    hostname = url.split("/")[2]
    connection = httplib.HTTPConnection(hostname)
    if type(body)==list:
        body = json.JSONEncoder().encode(body)
    elif type(body)==dict:
        body = urllib.urlencode(body)
    if headers != "":
        connection.request(method=method,url=url,headers=headers,body=body)
    else:
        connection.request(method=method,url=url,body=body)
    try:
        response = connection.getresponse()
        result = response.read()
        return json.loads(result)
    except Exception as ex:
        print ex