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+import sys
+
+"""
+Add alies for python2 and python3 libs and fucntions.
+"""
+
+if sys.version_info[0]== 3:
+    import http.client as httpclient
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse
+    text = str
+    bytebuffer = memoryview
+elif sys.version_info[0] == 2:
+    import httplib as httpclient
+    from urlparse import urlparse
+    text = unicode
+    bytebuffer = buffer
+else:
+    raise ImportError("Unknown python version:{0}".format(sys.version_info))
+