diff --git a/contrib/python/elinks_maint.py b/contrib/python/elinks_maint.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6689779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/python/elinks_maint.py
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+"""Additional Python code for ELinks maintainers.
+
+This module is intended for ELinks maintainers. If you modify or add to
+the Python APIs in src/scripting/python/*.c and/or contrib/python/hooks.py,
+you should update the accompanying docstrings to reflect your changes and
+then generate a new version of the file doc/python.txt (which serves as a
+reference manual for the browser's Python APIs). The embedded interpreter
+can use introspection to regenerate the python.txt document for you; just
+copy this file into your ~/.elinks directory and add something like the
+following to ~/.elinks/hooks.py:
+
+import elinks_maint
+elinks.bind_key('F2', elinks_maint.generate_python_txt)
+
+"""
+
+import inspect
+import tempfile
+import types
+
+preface = """\
+Python programmers can customize the behavior of ELinks by creating a Python
+hooks module. The embedded Python interpreter provides an internal module
+called elinks that can be used by the hooks module to create keystroke
+bindings for Python code, obtain information about the document being
+viewed, display simple dialog boxes and menus, load documents into the
+ELinks cache, or display documents to the user. These two modules are
+described below.
+
+"""
+
+module_template = """
+MODULE
+    %s - %s
+
+DESCRIPTION
+%s
+
+FUNCTIONS
+%s
+"""
+
+separator = '-' * 78 + '\n'
+
+def document_modules(*modules):
+    """Format the internal documentation found in one or more Python modules."""
+    output = []
+    for module in modules:
+        name, doc, namespace = module.__name__, module.__doc__, module.__dict__
+        if not name or not namespace:
+            continue
+        try:
+            summary, junk, description = doc.rstrip().split('\n', 2)
+        except:
+            summary, description = '?', '(no description available)'
+        functions = document_functions(namespace)
+        output.append(module_template % (name, summary, indent(description),
+                                         indent(functions)))
+    return separator.join(output)
+
+def document_functions(namespace):
+    """Format the internal documentation for all functions in a namespace."""
+    objects = namespace.items()
+    objects.sort()
+    output = []
+    for name, object in objects:
+        if name.startswith('_'):
+            continue
+        species = type(object)
+        if species == types.BuiltinFunctionType:
+            args = '(...)'
+        elif species == types.FunctionType:
+            args = inspect.formatargspec(*inspect.getargspec(object))
+        else:
+            continue
+        description = inspect.getdoc(object)
+        output.append('%s%s\n%s\n' % (name, args, indent(description)))
+    return '\n'.join(output)
+
+def generate_python_txt():
+    """Generate documentation for the hooks and elinks modules."""
+    import elinks
+    import hooks
+
+    # Remove anything that doesn't belong in the API documentation.
+    #
+    hooks_api_functions = (
+        'follow_url_hook',
+        'goto_url_hook',
+        'pre_format_html_hook',
+        'proxy_for_hook',
+        'quit_hook',
+    )
+    for key in hooks.__dict__.keys():
+        if key not in hooks_api_functions and not key.startswith('_'):
+            del hooks.__dict__[key]
+    hooks.__doc__ = hooks.__doc__.replace('Example Python', 'Python')
+
+    # Generate the documentation.
+    #
+    try:
+        output = separator.join((preface, document_modules(hooks, elinks)))
+    finally:
+        # Restore the hooks module to a sane state.
+        reload(hooks)
+
+    # View the documentation.
+    #
+    path = write_tempfile(output)
+    elinks.open(path)
+
+def indent(text):
+    """Return indented text."""
+    indent = ' ' * 4
+    return '\n'.join([indent + line for line in text.split('\n')])
+
+def write_tempfile(text):
+    """Write a string to a temporary file and return the file's name."""
+    output = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(prefix='elinks_maint', suffix='.txt')
+    output.write(text)
+    output.flush()
+    _tempfiles[text] = output
+    return output.name
+
+# Temp files are stashed in this dictionary to prevent them from being closed
+# before ELinks has a chance to read them; they will be automatically deleted
+# when the dictionary is garbage-collected at exit time.
+#
+_tempfiles = {}
diff --git a/src/scripting/python/dialogs.c b/src/scripting/python/dialogs.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..009ede76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripting/python/dialogs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+/* Dialog boxes for Python. */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <Python.h>
+
+#include "elinks.h"
+
+#include "bfu/inpfield.h"
+#include "bfu/msgbox.h"
+#include "intl/gettext/libintl.h"
+#include "scripting/python/core.h"
+#include "session/session.h"
+#include "util/error.h"
+#include "util/memlist.h"
+#include "util/memory.h"
+#include "util/string.h"
+
+/* Python interface for displaying information to the user. */
+
+static char python_info_box_doc[] =
+PYTHON_DOCSTRING("info_box(text[, title]) -> None\n\
+\n\
+Display information to the user in a dialog box.\n\
+\n\
+Arguments:\n\
+\n\
+text -- The text to be displayed in the dialog box. This argument can\n\
+        be a string or any object that has a string representation as\n\
+        returned by str(object).\n\
+\n\
+Optional arguments:\n\
+\n\
+title -- A string containing a title for the dialog box. By default\n\
+        the string \"Info\" is used.\n");
+
+static PyObject *
+python_info_box(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
+{
+	/* [gettext_accelerator_context(python_info_box)] */
+	unsigned char *title = N_("Info");
+	PyObject *object, *string_object;
+	unsigned char *text;
+	static char *kwlist[] = {"text", "title", NULL};
+
+	if (!python_ses) {
+		PyErr_SetString(python_elinks_err, "No session");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "O|s:info_box", kwlist,
+					 &object, &title))
+		return NULL;
+
+	assert(object);
+	if_assert_failed {
+		PyErr_SetString(python_elinks_err, N_("Internal error"));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Get a string representation of the object, then copy that string's
+	 * contents.
+	 */
+	string_object = PyObject_Str(object);
+	if (!string_object) return NULL;
+	text = (unsigned char *) PyString_AS_STRING(string_object);
+	if (!text) {
+		Py_DECREF(string_object);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	text = stracpy(text);
+	Py_DECREF(string_object);
+	if (!text) goto mem_error;
+
+	title = stracpy(title);
+	if (!title) goto free_text;
+
+	(void) msg_box(python_ses->tab->term, getml(title, NULL),
+		       MSGBOX_NO_INTL | MSGBOX_SCROLLABLE | MSGBOX_FREE_TEXT,
+		       title, ALIGN_LEFT,
+		       text,
+		       NULL, 1,
+		       N_("~OK"), NULL, B_ENTER | B_ESC);
+
+	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+	return Py_None;
+
+free_text:
+	mem_free(text);
+
+mem_error:
+	return PyErr_NoMemory();
+}
+
+struct python_input_callback_hop {
+	struct session *ses;
+	PyObject *callback;
+};
+
+/*
+ * C wrapper that invokes Python callbacks for input_dialog() OK button.
+ *
+ * This is also used indirectly for the Cancel button, with a NULL @text
+ * argument. See invoke_input_cancel_callback() below.
+ */
+
+static void
+invoke_input_ok_callback(void *data, unsigned char *text)
+{
+	struct python_input_callback_hop *hop = data;
+	struct session *saved_python_ses = python_ses;
+	PyObject *result;
+
+	assert(hop && hop->callback);
+	if_assert_failed return;
+
+	python_ses = hop->ses;
+
+	/* If @text is NULL, the "s" format will create a None reference. */
+	result = PyObject_CallFunction(hop->callback, "s", text);
+	if (result)
+		Py_DECREF(result);
+	else
+		alert_python_error();
+
+	Py_DECREF(hop->callback);
+	mem_free(hop);
+
+	python_ses = saved_python_ses;
+}
+
+/* C wrapper that invokes Python callbacks for input_dialog() cancel button. */
+
+static void
+invoke_input_cancel_callback(void *data)
+{
+	invoke_input_ok_callback(data, NULL);
+}
+
+/* Python interface for getting input from the user. */
+
+static char python_input_box_doc[] =
+PYTHON_DOCSTRING(
+"input_box(prompt, callback, title=\"User dialog\", initial=\"\") -> None\n\
+\n\
+Display a dialog box to prompt for user input.\n\
+\n\
+Arguments:\n\
+\n\
+prompt -- A string containing a prompt for the dialog box.\n\
+callback -- A callable object to be called after the dialog is\n\
+        finished. It will be called with a single argument, which\n\
+        will be either a string provided by the user or else None\n\
+        if the user canceled the dialog.\n\
+\n\
+Optional keyword arguments:\n\
+\n\
+title -- A string containing a title for the dialog box. By default\n\
+        the string \"User dialog\" is used.\n\
+initial -- A string containing an initial value for the text entry\n\
+        field. By default the entry field is initially empty.\n");
+
+static PyObject *
+python_input_box(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
+{
+	unsigned char *prompt;
+	PyObject *callback;
+	unsigned char *title = N_("User dialog");
+	unsigned char *initial = NULL;
+	struct python_input_callback_hop *hop;
+	static char *kwlist[] = {"prompt", "callback", "title", "initial", NULL};
+
+	if (!python_ses) {
+		PyErr_SetString(python_elinks_err, "No session");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "sO|ss:input_box",
+					 kwlist, &prompt, &callback, &title,
+					 &initial))
+		return NULL;
+
+	assert(prompt && callback && title);
+	if_assert_failed {
+		PyErr_SetString(python_elinks_err, N_("Internal error"));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	prompt = stracpy(prompt);
+	if (!prompt) goto mem_error;
+
+	title = stracpy(title);
+	if (!title) goto free_prompt;
+
+	if (initial) {
+		initial = stracpy(initial);
+		if (!initial) goto free_title;
+	}
+
+	hop = mem_alloc(sizeof(*hop));
+	if (!hop) goto free_initial;
+	hop->ses = python_ses;
+	hop->callback = callback;
+	Py_INCREF(callback);
+
+	input_dialog(python_ses->tab->term, getml(prompt, title, initial, NULL),
+		     title, prompt,
+		     hop, NULL,
+		     MAX_STR_LEN, initial, 0, 0, NULL,
+		     invoke_input_ok_callback,
+		     invoke_input_cancel_callback);
+
+	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+	return Py_None;
+
+free_initial:
+	mem_free_if(initial);
+
+free_title:
+	mem_free(title);
+
+free_prompt:
+	mem_free(prompt);
+
+mem_error:
+	return PyErr_NoMemory();
+}
+
+static PyMethodDef dialogs_methods[] = {
+	{"info_box",		(PyCFunction) python_info_box,
+				METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
+				python_info_box_doc},
+
+	{"input_box",		(PyCFunction) python_input_box,
+				METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
+				python_input_box_doc},
+
+	{NULL,			NULL, 0, NULL}
+};
+
+int
+python_init_dialogs_interface(PyObject *dict, PyObject *name)
+{
+	return add_python_methods(dict, name, dialogs_methods);
+}
diff --git a/src/scripting/python/dialogs.h b/src/scripting/python/dialogs.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f203d15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripting/python/dialogs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef EL__SCRIPTING_PYTHON_DIALOGS_H
+#define EL__SCRIPTING_PYTHON_DIALOGS_H
+
+#include <Python.h>
+
+int python_init_dialogs_interface(PyObject *dict, PyObject *name);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/scripting/python/document.c b/src/scripting/python/document.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7a1399f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripting/python/document.c
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+/* Information about current document and current link for Python. */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <Python.h>
+
+#include "elinks.h"
+
+#include "cache/cache.h"
+#include "scripting/python/core.h"
+#include "session/location.h"
+#include "session/session.h"
+
+/* Python interface to get the current document's body. */
+
+static char python_current_document_doc[] =
+PYTHON_DOCSTRING("current_document() -> string or None\n\
+\n\
+If a document is being viewed, return its body; otherwise return None.\n");
+
+static PyObject *
+python_current_document(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+	if (python_ses && have_location(python_ses)) {
+		struct cache_entry *cached = find_in_cache(cur_loc(python_ses)->vs.uri);
+		struct fragment *f = cached ? cached->frag.next : NULL;
+
+		if (f) return PyString_FromStringAndSize(f->data, f->length);
+	}
+
+	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+	return Py_None;
+}
+
+/* Python interface to get the current document's header. */
+
+static char python_current_header_doc[] =
+PYTHON_DOCSTRING("current_header() -> string or None\n\
+\n\
+If a document is being viewed and it has a header, return the header;\n\
+otherwise return None.\n");
+
+static PyObject *
+python_current_header(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+	if (python_ses && have_location(python_ses)) {
+		struct cache_entry *cached = find_in_cache(cur_loc(python_ses)->vs.uri);
+
+		if (cached && cached->head)
+			return PyString_FromString(cached->head);
+	}
+
+	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+	return Py_None;
+}
+
+/* Python interface to get the currently-selected link's URL. */
+
+static char python_current_link_url_doc[] =
+PYTHON_DOCSTRING("current_link_url() -> string or None\n\
+\n\
+If a link is selected, return its URL; otherwise return None.\n");
+
+static PyObject *
+python_current_link_url(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+	unsigned char url[MAX_STR_LEN];
+
+	if (python_ses && get_current_link_url(python_ses, url, MAX_STR_LEN))
+		return PyString_FromString(url);
+
+	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+	return Py_None;
+}
+
+/* Python interface to get the current document's title. */
+
+static char python_current_title_doc[] =
+PYTHON_DOCSTRING("current_title() -> string or None\n\
+\n\
+If a document is being viewed, return its title; otherwise return None.\n");
+
+static PyObject *
+python_current_title(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+	unsigned char title[MAX_STR_LEN];
+
+	if (python_ses && get_current_title(python_ses, title, MAX_STR_LEN))
+		return PyString_FromString(title);
+
+	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+	return Py_None;
+}
+
+/* Python interface to get the current document's URL. */
+
+static char python_current_url_doc[] =
+PYTHON_DOCSTRING("current_url() -> string or None\n\
+\n\
+If a document is being viewed, return its URL; otherwise return None.\n");
+
+static PyObject *
+python_current_url(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+	unsigned char url[MAX_STR_LEN];
+
+	if (python_ses && get_current_url(python_ses, url, MAX_STR_LEN))
+		return PyString_FromString(url);
+
+	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+	return Py_None;
+}
+
+static PyMethodDef document_methods[] = {
+	{"current_document",	python_current_document,
+				METH_NOARGS,
+				python_current_document_doc},
+
+	{"current_header",	python_current_header,
+				METH_NOARGS,
+				python_current_header_doc},
+
+	{"current_link_url",	python_current_link_url,
+				METH_NOARGS,
+				python_current_link_url_doc},
+
+	{"current_title",	python_current_title,
+				METH_NOARGS,
+				python_current_title_doc},
+
+	{"current_url",		python_current_url,
+				METH_NOARGS,
+				python_current_url_doc},
+
+	{NULL,			NULL, 0, NULL}
+};
+
+int
+python_init_document_interface(PyObject *dict, PyObject *name)
+{
+	return add_python_methods(dict, name, document_methods);
+}
diff --git a/src/scripting/python/document.h b/src/scripting/python/document.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63915bed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripting/python/document.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef EL__SCRIPTING_PYTHON_DOCUMENT_H
+#define EL__SCRIPTING_PYTHON_DOCUMENT_H
+
+#include <Python.h>
+
+int python_init_document_interface(PyObject *dict, PyObject *name);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/scripting/python/keybinding.c b/src/scripting/python/keybinding.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d6668c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripting/python/keybinding.c
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+/* Keystroke bindings for Python. */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <Python.h>
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "elinks.h"
+
+#include "config/kbdbind.h"
+#include "intl/gettext/libintl.h"
+#include "main/event.h"
+#include "scripting/python/core.h"
+#include "session/session.h"
+#include "util/error.h"
+#include "util/string.h"
+
+static PyObject *keybindings = NULL;
+
+/* C wrapper that invokes Python callbacks for bind_key_to_event_name(). */
+
+static enum evhook_status
+invoke_keybinding_callback(va_list ap, void *data)
+{
+	PyObject *callback = data;
+	struct session *saved_python_ses = python_ses;
+	PyObject *result;
+
+	python_ses = va_arg(ap, struct session *);
+
+	result = PyObject_CallFunction(callback, NULL);
+	if (result)
+		Py_DECREF(result);
+	else
+		alert_python_error();
+
+	python_ses = saved_python_ses;
+
+	return EVENT_HOOK_STATUS_NEXT;
+}
+
+/* Check that a keymap name is valid. */
+
+static int
+keymap_is_valid(const unsigned char *keymap)
+{
+	enum keymap_id keymap_id;
+
+	for (keymap_id = 0; keymap_id < KEYMAP_MAX; ++keymap_id)
+		if (!strcmp(keymap, get_keymap_name(keymap_id)))
+			break;
+	return (keymap_id != KEYMAP_MAX);
+}
+
+/* Python interface for binding keystrokes to callable objects. */
+
+static char python_bind_key_doc[] =
+PYTHON_DOCSTRING("bind_key(keystroke, callback[, keymap]) -> None\n\
+\n\
+Bind a keystroke to a callable object.\n\
+\n\
+Arguments:\n\
+\n\
+keystroke -- A string containing a keystroke. The syntax for\n\
+        keystrokes is described in the elinkskeys(5) man page.\n\
+callback -- A callable object to be called when the keystroke is\n\
+        typed. It will be called without any arguments.\n\
+\n\
+Optional arguments:\n\
+\n\
+keymap -- A string containing the name of a keymap. Valid keymap\n\
+          names can be found in the elinkskeys(5) man page. By\n\
+          default the \"main\" keymap is used.\n");
+
+static PyObject *
+python_bind_key(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
+{
+	const unsigned char *keystroke;
+	PyObject *callback;
+	unsigned char *keymap = "main";
+	PyObject *key_tuple;
+	PyObject *old_callback;
+	struct string event_name;
+	int event_id;
+	unsigned char *error_msg;
+	static char *kwlist[] = {"keystroke", "callback", "keymap", NULL};
+
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "sO|s:bind_key", kwlist,
+					 &keystroke, &callback, &keymap))
+		return NULL;
+
+	assert(keystroke && callback && keymap);
+	if_assert_failed {
+		PyErr_SetString(python_elinks_err, N_("Internal error"));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (!keymap_is_valid(keymap)) {
+		PyErr_Format(python_elinks_err, "%s \"%s\"",
+			     N_("Unrecognised keymap"), keymap);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The callback object needs to be kept alive for as long as the
+	 * keystroke is bound, so we stash a reference to it in a dictionary.
+	 * We don't need to use the dictionary to find callbacks; its sole
+	 * purpose is to prevent these objects from being garbage-collected
+	 * by the Python interpreter.
+	 *
+	 * If binding the key fails for any reason after this point then
+	 * we'll need to restore the dictionary to its previous state, which
+	 * is temporarily preserved in @old_callback.
+	 */
+	key_tuple = Py_BuildValue("ss", keymap, keystroke);
+	if (!key_tuple)
+		return NULL;
+	old_callback = PyDict_GetItem(keybindings, key_tuple);
+	Py_XINCREF(old_callback);
+	if (PyDict_SetItem(keybindings, key_tuple, callback) != 0) {
+		Py_DECREF(key_tuple);
+		Py_XDECREF(old_callback);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (!init_string(&event_name)) {
+		PyErr_NoMemory();
+		goto rollback;
+	}
+	if (!add_format_to_string(&event_name, "python-func %p", callback)) {
+		PyErr_SetFromErrno(python_elinks_err);
+		done_string(&event_name);
+		goto rollback;
+	}
+	event_id = bind_key_to_event_name(keymap, keystroke, event_name.source,
+					  &error_msg);
+	done_string(&event_name);
+	if (error_msg) {
+		PyErr_SetString(python_elinks_err, error_msg);
+		goto rollback;
+	}
+
+	event_id = register_event_hook(event_id, invoke_keybinding_callback, 0,
+				       callback);
+	if (event_id == EVENT_NONE) {
+		PyErr_SetString(python_elinks_err,
+				N_("Error registering event hook"));
+		goto rollback;
+	}
+
+	Py_DECREF(key_tuple);
+	Py_XDECREF(old_callback);
+
+	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+	return Py_None;
+
+rollback:
+	/*
+	 * If an error occurred, try to restore the keybindings dictionary
+	 * to its previous state.
+	 */
+	if (old_callback) {
+		(void) PyDict_SetItem(keybindings, key_tuple, old_callback);
+		Py_DECREF(old_callback);
+	} else {
+		(void) PyDict_DelItem(keybindings, key_tuple);
+	}
+
+	Py_DECREF(key_tuple);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static PyMethodDef keybinding_methods[] = {
+	{"bind_key",		(PyCFunction) python_bind_key,
+				METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
+				python_bind_key_doc},
+
+	{NULL,			NULL, 0, NULL}
+};
+
+int
+python_init_keybinding_interface(PyObject *dict, PyObject *name)
+{
+	keybindings = PyDict_New();
+	if (!keybindings) return -1;
+
+	return add_python_methods(dict, name, keybinding_methods);
+}
+
+void
+python_done_keybinding_interface(void)
+{
+	Py_XDECREF(keybindings);
+}
diff --git a/src/scripting/python/keybinding.h b/src/scripting/python/keybinding.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0c73a16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripting/python/keybinding.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef EL__SCRIPTING_PYTHON_KEYBINDING_H
+#define EL__SCRIPTING_PYTHON_KEYBINDING_H
+
+#include <Python.h>
+
+int python_init_keybinding_interface(PyObject *dict, PyObject *name);
+void python_done_keybinding_interface(void);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/scripting/python/load.c b/src/scripting/python/load.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..daecfcb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripting/python/load.c
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+/* Document loading for Python. */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <Python.h>
+
+#include "elinks.h"
+
+#include "cache/cache.h"
+#include "intl/gettext/libintl.h"
+#include "network/connection.h"
+#include "network/state.h"
+#include "protocol/uri.h"
+#include "scripting/python/core.h"
+#include "session/download.h"
+#include "session/session.h"
+#include "session/task.h"
+#include "util/error.h"
+#include "util/memory.h"
+
+struct python_load_uri_callback_hop {
+	struct session *ses;
+	PyObject *callback;
+};
+
+/* C wrapper that invokes Python callbacks for load_uri(). */
+
+static void
+invoke_load_uri_callback(struct download *download, void *data)
+{
+	struct python_load_uri_callback_hop *hop = data;
+	struct session *saved_python_ses = python_ses;
+
+	assert(download);
+	if_assert_failed {
+		if (hop && hop->callback) {
+			Py_DECREF(hop->callback);
+		}
+		mem_free_if(hop);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (is_in_progress_state(download->state)) return;
+
+	assert(hop && hop->callback);
+	if_assert_failed {
+		mem_free(download);
+		mem_free_if(hop);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (download->cached) {
+		PyObject *result;
+		struct fragment *f = download->cached->frag.next;
+
+		python_ses = hop->ses;
+
+		result = PyObject_CallFunction(hop->callback, "ss#",
+					       download->cached->head,
+					       f ? f->data : NULL,
+					       f ? f->length : 0);
+		if (result)
+			Py_DECREF(result);
+		else
+			alert_python_error();
+	}
+
+	Py_DECREF(hop->callback);
+	mem_free(hop);
+	mem_free(download);
+
+	python_ses = saved_python_ses;
+}
+
+/* Python interface for loading a document. */
+
+static char python_load_doc[] =
+PYTHON_DOCSTRING("load(url, callback) -> None\n\
+\n\
+Load a document into the ELinks cache and pass its contents to a\n\
+callable object.\n\
+\n\
+Arguments:\n\
+\n\
+url -- A string containing the URL to load.\n\
+callback -- A callable object to be called after the document has\n\
+        been loaded. It will be called with two arguments: the first\n\
+        will be a string representing the document's header, or None\n\
+        if it has no header; the second will be a string representing\n\
+        the document's body, or None if it has no body.\n");
+
+static PyObject *
+python_load(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+	unsigned char *uristring;
+	PyObject *callback;
+	struct uri *uri;
+	struct download *download;
+	struct python_load_uri_callback_hop *hop;
+
+	if (!python_ses) {
+		PyErr_SetString(python_elinks_err, "No session");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "sO:load", &uristring, &callback))
+		return NULL;
+
+	assert(uristring && callback);
+	if_assert_failed {
+		PyErr_SetString(python_elinks_err, N_("Internal error"));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	uri = get_translated_uri(uristring, python_ses->tab->term->cwd);
+	if (!uri) {
+		PyErr_SetString(python_elinks_err, N_("Bad URL syntax"));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	download = mem_alloc(sizeof(*download));
+	if (!download) goto mem_error;
+
+	hop = mem_alloc(sizeof(*hop));
+	if (!hop) goto free_download;
+	hop->ses = python_ses;
+	hop->callback = callback;
+	Py_INCREF(callback);
+
+	download->data = hop;
+	download->callback = (download_callback_T *) invoke_load_uri_callback;
+	if (load_uri(uri, NULL, download, PRI_MAIN, CACHE_MODE_NORMAL, -1) != 0) {
+		PyErr_SetString(python_elinks_err,
+				get_state_message(download->state,
+						  python_ses->tab->term));
+		done_uri(uri);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	done_uri(uri);
+	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+	return Py_None;
+
+free_download:
+	mem_free(download);
+
+mem_error:
+	done_uri(uri);
+	return PyErr_NoMemory();
+}
+
+
+static PyMethodDef load_methods[] = {
+	{"load",		python_load,
+				METH_VARARGS,
+				python_load_doc},
+
+	{NULL,			NULL, 0, NULL}
+};
+
+int
+python_init_load_interface(PyObject *dict, PyObject *name)
+{
+	return add_python_methods(dict, name, load_methods);
+}
diff --git a/src/scripting/python/load.h b/src/scripting/python/load.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3050543b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripting/python/load.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef EL__SCRIPTING_PYTHON_LOAD_H
+#define EL__SCRIPTING_PYTHON_LOAD_H
+
+#include <Python.h>
+
+int python_init_load_interface(PyObject *dict, PyObject *name);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/scripting/python/menu.c b/src/scripting/python/menu.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a648d626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripting/python/menu.c
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+/* Simple menus for Python. */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <Python.h>
+
+#include "elinks.h"
+
+#include "bfu/menu.h"
+#include "document/document.h"
+#include "document/view.h"
+#include "intl/gettext/libintl.h"
+#include "scripting/python/core.h"
+#include "session/session.h"
+#include "terminal/window.h"
+#include "util/error.h"
+#include "util/memlist.h"
+#include "util/memory.h"
+#include "util/string.h"
+#include "viewer/text/view.h"
+
+/* C wrapper that invokes Python callbacks for menu items. */
+
+static void
+invoke_menu_callback(struct terminal *term, void *data, void *ses)
+{
+	PyObject *callback = data;
+	struct session *saved_python_ses = python_ses;
+	PyObject *result;
+
+	python_ses = ses;
+
+	result = PyObject_CallFunction(callback, NULL);
+	if (result)
+		Py_DECREF(result);
+	else
+		alert_python_error();
+
+	Py_DECREF(callback);
+
+	python_ses = saved_python_ses;
+}
+
+enum python_menu_type {
+	PYTHON_MENU_DEFAULT,
+	PYTHON_MENU_LINK,
+	PYTHON_MENU_TAB,
+	PYTHON_MENU_MAX
+};
+
+/* Python interface for displaying simple menus. */
+
+static char python_menu_doc[] =
+PYTHON_DOCSTRING("menu(items[, type]) -> None\n\
+\n\
+Display a menu.\n\
+\n\
+Arguments:\n\
+\n\
+items -- A sequence of tuples. Each tuple must have two elements: a\n\
+        string containing the name of a menu item, and a callable\n\
+        object that will be called without any arguments if the user\n\
+        selects that menu item.\n\
+\n\
+Optional arguments:\n\
+\n\
+type -- A constant specifying the type of menu to display. By default\n\
+        the menu is displayed at the top of the screen, but if this\n\
+        argument's value is the constant elinks.MENU_TAB then the menu\n\
+        is displayed in the same location as the ELinks tab menu. If\n\
+        its value is the constant elinks.MENU_LINK then the menu is\n\
+        displayed in the same location as the ELinks link menu and is\n\
+        not displayed unless a link is currently selected.\n");
+
+static PyObject *
+python_menu(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
+{
+	PyObject *items;
+	enum python_menu_type menu_type = PYTHON_MENU_DEFAULT;
+	int length, i;
+	struct menu_item *menu;
+	struct memory_list *ml = NULL;
+	static char *kwlist[] = {"items", "type", NULL};
+
+	if (!python_ses) {
+		PyErr_SetString(python_elinks_err, "No session");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "O|i:menu",
+					 kwlist, &items, &menu_type))
+		return NULL;
+
+	assert(items);
+	if_assert_failed {
+		PyErr_SetString(python_elinks_err, N_("Internal error"));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (!PySequence_Check(items)) {
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Argument must be a sequence");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	length = PySequence_Length(items);
+	if (length == -1) return NULL;
+	else if (length == 0) goto success;
+
+	if (menu_type < 0 || menu_type >= PYTHON_MENU_MAX) {
+		PyErr_Format(python_elinks_err, "%s %d",
+			     N_("Bad number"), menu_type);
+		return NULL;
+
+	} else if (menu_type == PYTHON_MENU_LINK) {
+		if (!get_current_link(current_frame(python_ses)))
+			goto success;
+
+	} else if (menu_type == PYTHON_MENU_TAB
+		   && python_ses->status.show_tabs_bar) {
+		int y;
+
+		if (python_ses->status.show_tabs_bar_at_top)
+			y = python_ses->status.show_title_bar;
+		else
+			y = python_ses->tab->term->height - length
+			    - python_ses->status.show_status_bar - 2;
+
+		set_window_ptr(python_ses->tab, python_ses->tab->xpos,
+			       int_max(y, 0));
+
+	} else {
+		set_window_ptr(python_ses->tab, 0, 0);
+	}
+
+	menu = new_menu(FREE_LIST | FREE_TEXT | NO_INTL);
+	if (!menu) return PyErr_NoMemory();
+
+	/*
+	 * Keep track of all the memory we allocate so we'll be able to free
+	 * it in case any error prevents us from displaying the menu.
+	 */
+	ml = getml(menu, NULL);
+	if (!ml) {
+		mem_free(menu);
+		return PyErr_NoMemory();
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+		PyObject *tuple = PySequence_GetItem(items, i);
+		PyObject *name, *callback;
+		unsigned char *contents;
+
+		if (!tuple) goto error;
+
+		if (!PyTuple_Check(tuple)) {
+			Py_DECREF(tuple);
+			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+					"Argument must be sequence of tuples");
+			goto error;
+		}
+		name = PyTuple_GetItem(tuple, 0);
+		callback = PyTuple_GetItem(tuple, 1);
+		Py_DECREF(tuple);
+		if (!name || !callback) goto error;
+
+		contents = (unsigned char *) PyString_AsString(name);
+		if (!contents) goto error;
+
+		contents = stracpy(contents);
+		if (!contents) {
+			PyErr_NoMemory();
+			goto error;
+		}
+		add_one_to_ml(&ml, contents);
+
+		/*
+		 * FIXME: We need to increment the reference counts for
+		 * callbacks so they won't be garbage-collected by the Python
+		 * interpreter before they're called. But for any callback
+		 * that isn't called (because the user doesn't select the
+		 * corresponding menu item) we'll never have an opportunity
+		 * to decrement the reference count again, so this code leaks
+		 * references. It probably can't be fixed without changes to
+		 * the menu machinery in bfu/menu.c, e.g. to call an arbitrary
+		 * clean-up function when a menu is destroyed.
+		 *
+		 * The good news is that in a typical usage case, where the
+		 * callback objects wouldn't be garbage-collected anyway until
+		 * the Python interpreter exits, this makes no difference at
+		 * all. But it's not strictly correct, and it could leak memory
+		 * in more elaborate usage where callback objects are created
+		 * and thrown away on the fly.
+		 */
+		Py_INCREF(callback);
+		add_to_menu(&menu, contents, NULL, ACT_MAIN_NONE,
+			    invoke_menu_callback, callback, 0);
+	}
+
+	do_menu(python_ses->tab->term, menu, python_ses, 1);
+
+success:
+	mem_free_if(ml);
+
+	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+	return Py_None;
+
+error:
+	freeml(ml);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static PyMethodDef menu_methods[] = {
+	{"menu",		(PyCFunction) python_menu,
+				METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
+				python_menu_doc},
+
+	{NULL,			NULL, 0, NULL}
+};
+
+static int
+add_constant(PyObject *dict, const char *key, int value)
+{
+	PyObject *constant = PyInt_FromLong(value);
+	int result;
+
+	if (!constant) return -1;
+	result = PyDict_SetItemString(dict, key, constant);
+	Py_DECREF(constant);
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+int
+python_init_menu_interface(PyObject *dict, PyObject *name)
+{
+	if (add_constant(dict, "MENU_LINK", PYTHON_MENU_LINK) != 0) return -1;
+	if (add_constant(dict, "MENU_TAB", PYTHON_MENU_TAB) != 0) return -1;
+
+	return add_python_methods(dict, name, menu_methods);
+}
diff --git a/src/scripting/python/menu.h b/src/scripting/python/menu.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..013047d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripting/python/menu.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef EL__SCRIPTING_PYTHON_MENU_H
+#define EL__SCRIPTING_PYTHON_MENU_H
+
+#include <Python.h>
+
+int python_init_menu_interface(PyObject *dict, PyObject *name);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/scripting/python/open.c b/src/scripting/python/open.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ffb0cd85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripting/python/open.c
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/* Document viewing for Python. */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <Python.h>
+
+#include "elinks.h"
+
+#include "intl/gettext/libintl.h"
+#include "protocol/uri.h"
+#include "scripting/python/core.h"
+#include "session/task.h"
+#include "terminal/tab.h"
+#include "util/error.h"
+
+/* Python interface for viewing a document. */
+
+static char python_open_doc[] =
+PYTHON_DOCSTRING("open(url, new_tab=False, background=False) -> None\n\
+\n\
+View a document in either the current tab or a new tab.\n\
+\n\
+Arguments:\n\
+\n\
+url -- A string containing the URL to view.\n\
+\n\
+Optional keyword arguments:\n\
+\n\
+new_tab -- By default the URL is opened in the current tab. If this\n\
+        argument's value is the boolean True then the URL is instead\n\
+        opened in a new tab.\n\
+background -- By default a new tab is opened in the foreground. If\n\
+        this argument's value is the boolean True then a new tab is\n\
+        instead opened in the background. This argument is ignored\n\
+        unless new_tab's value is True.\n");
+
+static PyObject *
+python_open(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
+{
+	unsigned char *url;
+	int new_tab = 0, background = 0;
+	struct uri *uri;
+	static char *kwlist[] = {"url", "new_tab", "background", NULL};
+
+	if (!python_ses) {
+		PyErr_SetString(python_elinks_err, "No session");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "s|ii:open",
+					 kwlist, &url,
+					 &new_tab, &background))
+		return NULL;
+
+	assert(url);
+	if_assert_failed {
+		PyErr_SetString(python_elinks_err, N_("Internal error"));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	uri = get_translated_uri(url, python_ses->tab->term->cwd);
+	if (!uri) {
+		PyErr_SetString(python_elinks_err, N_("Bad URL syntax"));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (new_tab)
+		open_uri_in_new_tab(python_ses, uri, background, 0);
+	else
+		goto_uri(python_ses, uri);
+
+	done_uri(uri);
+
+	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+	return Py_None;
+}
+
+static PyMethodDef open_methods[] = {
+	{"open",		(PyCFunction) python_open,
+				METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
+				python_open_doc},
+
+	{NULL,			NULL, 0, NULL}
+};
+
+int
+python_init_open_interface(PyObject *dict, PyObject *name)
+{
+	return add_python_methods(dict, name, open_methods);
+}
diff --git a/src/scripting/python/open.h b/src/scripting/python/open.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bbcf5da4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripting/python/open.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef EL__SCRIPTING_PYTHON_OPEN_H
+#define EL__SCRIPTING_PYTHON_OPEN_H
+
+#include <Python.h>
+
+int python_init_open_interface(PyObject *dict, PyObject *name);
+
+#endif