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12.20.1 netrc Objects 
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A <tt class=class>netrc</tt> instance has the following methods:

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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-2165"><tt class=method>authenticators</tt></a></b> (<var>host</var>)
<dd>
Return a 3-tuple <tt>(<var>login</var>, <var>account</var>, <var>password</var>)</tt>of authenticators for <var>host</var>.  If the netrc file did not
contain an entry for the given host, return the tuple associated with
the `default' entry.  If neither matching host nor default entry is
available, return <tt>None</tt>.
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-2166"><tt class=method>__repr__</tt></a></b> ()
<dd>
Dump the class data as a string in the format of a netrc file.
(This discards comments and may reorder the entries.)
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Instances of <tt class=class>netrc</tt> have public instance variables:

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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-2167"><tt class=member>hosts</tt></a></b>
<dd>
Dictionmary mapping host names to <tt>(<var>login</var>, <var>account</var>,
<var>password</var>)</tt> tuples.  The `default' entry, if any, is represented
as a pseudo-host by that name.
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-2168"><tt class=member>macros</tt></a></b>
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Dictionary mapping macro names to string lists.
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