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+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+# vim:fileencoding=utf-8
+# License: GPL v3 Copyright: 2019, Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org>
+
+from polyglot.builtins import is_py3
+
+if is_py3:
+    from http.client import (responses, HTTPConnection, HTTPSConnection,
+            BAD_REQUEST, FOUND, FORBIDDEN, HTTP_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED,
+            INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, MOVED_PERMANENTLY,
+            NOT_FOUND, NOT_IMPLEMENTED, NOT_MODIFIED, OK, PARTIAL_CONTENT,
+            PRECONDITION_FAILED, REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE, REQUEST_URI_TOO_LONG,
+            REQUESTED_RANGE_NOT_SATISFIABLE, REQUEST_TIMEOUT, SEE_OTHER,
+            SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, UNAUTHORIZED, _CS_IDLE, _CS_REQ_SENT)
+else:
+    from httplib import (responses, HTTPConnection, HTTPSConnection,
+            BAD_REQUEST, FOUND, FORBIDDEN, HTTP_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED,
+            INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED, MOVED_PERMANENTLY,
+            NOT_FOUND, NOT_IMPLEMENTED, NOT_MODIFIED, OK, PARTIAL_CONTENT,
+            PRECONDITION_FAILED, REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE, REQUEST_URI_TOO_LONG,
+            REQUESTED_RANGE_NOT_SATISFIABLE, REQUEST_TIMEOUT, SEE_OTHER,
+            SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, UNAUTHORIZED, _CS_IDLE, _CS_REQ_SENT)