HTTP GET and POST example requests, compatible with Python 2.4. The GET request lists the user's data sources in Ubidots. The POST request sends the value "33" to the variable "51eded72f91b285266ba30e9" in Ubidots.

http_get_ubidots_py2-4.py

import urllib2

response = urllib2.urlopen('http://things.ubidots.com/api/v1.6/datasources?token=9xtbvHL8hFKxfkmlXUW3qNoUpOEZAtp0qkkwPqffbn6DiR3ElRJ4B5m1$
data =  response.read()
print data

http_post_ubidots_py2-4.py

import urllib2

url = 'http://things.ubidots.com/api/v1.6/variables/51eded72f91b285266ba30e9/values?token=9xtbvHL8hFKxfkmlXUW3qNoUpOEZAtp0qkkwPqffbn6DiR3$
data = '{"value":33}'

class BetterHTTPErrorProcessor(urllib2.BaseHandler):
    # a substitute/supplement to urllib2.HTTPErrorProcessor
    # that doesn't raise exceptions on status codes 201,204,206
    def http_error_201(self, request, response, code, msg, hdrs):
        return response
    def http_error_204(self, request, response, code, msg, hdrs):
        return response
    def http_error_206(self, request, response, code, msg, hdrs):
        return response

opener = urllib2.build_opener(BetterHTTPErrorProcessor)
urllib2.install_opener(opener)
req = urllib2.Request(url, data, {'Content-Type': 'application/json'})
response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
data = response.read()
print data