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A simple, flexible Python HTTP client and API modeling toolkit built on httpx and pydantic.

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pyrest-model-client

A simple, flexible Python HTTP client and API modeling toolkit built on top of httpx and pydantic. Easily integrate robust API requests and resource models into your Python projects.


🚀 Features

  • Model-driven: Define and interact with API resources as Python classes using BaseAPIModel.
  • Easy HTTP Requests: Simple RequestClient for GET, POST, PUT, DELETE with automatic header and base URL management.
  • Async Support: Full async/await support with AsyncRequestClient for high-performance concurrent requests.
  • Automatic Endpoint Normalization: Configurable endpoint path normalization (trailing slash handling).
  • Resource Path Integration: Models can use their resource_path to generate endpoints and URLs automatically.
  • Flexible Authentication: Support for Token and Bearer authentication via build_header() helper.
  • Response to Model Conversion: get_model_fields() helper converts API responses to typed model instances.
  • Configurable Client: Customizable timeout, connection pool limits, and redirect handling.
  • Type Safety: All models use Pydantic for automatic validation and serialization.
  • Error Handling: Automatic HTTP status error handling with raise_for_status().
  • Extensible: Easily create new models for any RESTful resource by extending BaseAPIModel.

📦 Installation

uv add pyrest-model-client

🔧 Usage

1. Define Your Models

from pyrest_model_client.base import BaseAPIModel


class User(BaseAPIModel):
    name: str
    email: str
    resource_path: str = "user"


class Environment(BaseAPIModel):
    name: str
    resource_path: str = "environment"

2. Initialize the Client and Make Requests

import os

from dotenv import load_dotenv

from pyrest_model_client import RequestClient, build_header, get_model_fields
from pyrest_model_client.base import BaseAPIModel

load_dotenv()

TOKEN = os.getenv("TOKEN")
BASE_URL = f'{os.getenv("BASE_URL")}:{os.getenv("PORT")}'


class FirstApp(BaseAPIModel):
    """
    Model representing the FirstApp API resource. The fields should match the API response structure.
    The app resource path is defined as "first_app" in the API.
    """
    name: str
    description: str | None = None
    resource_path: str = "first_app"


# Initialize the client with default settings
header = build_header(token=TOKEN)
client = RequestClient(base_url=BASE_URL, header=header)

# Or configure the client with custom settings
import httpx
client = RequestClient(
    base_url=BASE_URL,
    header=header,
    timeout=httpx.Timeout(60.0, connect=10.0),  # 60s read, 10s connect
    add_trailing_slash=True,  # Automatically add trailing slashes
    limits=httpx.Limits(max_keepalive_connections=5, max_connections=10)
)

# Example: Use resource_path from model
app = FirstApp(name="My App", description="Test")
endpoint = app.get_endpoint()  # Returns "first_app"
full_url = app.get_resource_url(client)  # Returns full URL

# Example: Get all items from the API (paginated) and convert them to model instances
item_list = []
params = None
while res := client.get("first_app", params=params):
    item_list.extend(get_model_fields(res["results"], model=FirstApp))

    if not res["next"]:
        break
    params = {"page": res["next"].split("/?page=")[-1]}

# Example: Create a new item
new_item = client.post("first_app", data={"name": "My App", "description": "A new app"})

# Example: Update an item
updated_item = client.put("first_app/1", data={"name": "Updated App"})

# Example: Delete an item
client.delete("first_app/1")

3. Using Async Client

import os
import asyncio

from dotenv import load_dotenv
from pyrest_model_client import AsyncRequestClient, build_header
from pyrest_model_client.base import BaseAPIModel

load_dotenv()

TOKEN = os.getenv("TOKEN")
BASE_URL = f'{os.getenv("BASE_URL")}:{os.getenv("PORT")}'

async def main():
    header = build_header(token=TOKEN)

    # Use async client as context manager
    async with AsyncRequestClient(base_url=BASE_URL, header=header) as client:
        # Make async requests
        response = await client.get("first_app")
        new_item = await client.post("first_app", data={"name": "Async App"})
        updated = await client.put("first_app/1", data={"name": "Updated"})
        await client.delete("first_app/1")

asyncio.run(main())

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repo, create a branch, and submit a pull request.


📄 License

MIT License — see LICENSE for details.

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