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 http a HTTP library for Python
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-http is heavily inspired by the `HTTP::Message <https://metacpan.org/module/HTTP::Message>`_ distribution.
+http is heavily inspired by the `HTTP::Message <https://metacpan.org/module/HTTP::Message>`__ distribution.
 
 Synopsis
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 Links
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-- `Documentation <http://readthedocs.org/docs/http/en/latest/>`_.
-- `Repository <git://github.com/franckcuny/http.git>`_.
+- `Documentation <http://readthedocs.org/docs/http/en/latest/>`__.
+- `Repository <git://github.com/franckcuny/http.git>`__.
 
 How to get?
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