Python HTTP POST Request / Response

#!/usr/bin/python

import urllib2, urllib

url = 'http://127.0.0.1/temp.php'
data = {'parameter1':'value1', 'parameter2':'value2'}

data = urllib.urlencode(data)
request = urllib2.Request(url, data)
response = urllib2.urlopen(request)
pageReturned = response.read()

print(pageReturned)