conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(EPG_IP + ":" + HTTP_PORT) url = FAV_URL_PARTH +"userid=" + USER_ID + FAV_DIR_MODIFY param = '''<ps100request id="Favorite.Category.modify"> <categoryid>'''+categoryid+'''</categoryid> <categoryname>'''+categoryname+'''</categoryname> </ps100request>''' print "======================",param conn.request("POST", url, param) strxml = conn.getresponse().read() conn.close()