httplite
Lightweight async HTTP client with automatic retry on transient errors. Built on httpx and tenacity.
Installation
pip install httplite
Quick start
import asyncio
from httplite import send_request
async def main():
# Simple GET
resp = await send_request("GET", "https://httpbin.org/get")
print(resp.status_code)
print(resp.json())
# POST with JSON body
resp = await send_request("POST", "https://httpbin.org/post", json={"key": "value"})
print(resp.json())
# Custom timeout (seconds)
resp = await send_request("GET", "https://httpbin.org/delay/2", timeout=10)
asyncio.run(main())
Features
- Async-first – uses
httpx.AsyncClientunder the hood. - Automatic retry – retries up to 3 times with exponential backoff on transient connection errors (
httpx.RequestError). HTTP error status codes (4xx, 5xx) are not retried. - Configurable timeout – defaults to 30 seconds; override per request.
- Minimal API – a single
send_request()function. Any extra keyword arguments are forwarded directly tohttpx.AsyncClient.request.
API
send_request(method, url, *, timeout=30.0, **kwargs)
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
method |
str |
HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.) |
url |
str |
Target URL (must use http or https scheme) |
timeout |
float |
Request timeout in seconds (default 30.0) |
**kwargs |
Forwarded to httpx.AsyncClient.request (e.g. json, headers, params) |
Returns: httpx.Response
Raises: ValueError if the URL scheme is not http or https.
Running tests
pip install -e ".[test]"
pytest
License
MIT
1 maintainer
Metadata
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