Python equivalent of LWP and HTTP in Perl - Post.Byes

I have a script that I've written in Perl that retrieves files generated from a template. It works decently enough, but I'd like to rewrite it in Python (Perl was just a detour; it was originally Sed). Was wondering what the closest thing to what I'm using now in Perl (LWP::UserAgent and HTTP::Request:C ommon) is in Python. The main bit of my code is fairly simple. my($ua) = LWP::UserAgent->new; m