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Awesome Python HTTP Library that's actually usable.

Project description

Most existing Python modules for dealing HTTP requests are insane. I have to look up everything that I want to do. Most of my worst Python experiences are a result of the various built-in HTTP libraries (yes, even worse than Logging).

But this one’s different. This one’s going to be awesome. And simple.

Really simple.

Features

  • Extremely simple GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE Requests
    • Simple HTTP Header Request Attachment

    • Simple Data/Params Request Attachment

    • Simple Multipart File Uploads

    • CookieJar Support

  • Simple Basic HTTP Authentication
    • Simple URL + HTTP Auth Registry

Usage

It couldn’t be simpler.

>>> import requests
>>> r = requests.get('http://google.com')

HTTPS? Basic Authentication?

>>> r = requests.get('https://convore.com/api/account/verify.json')
>>> r.status_code
401

Uh oh, we’re not authorized! Let’s add authentication.

>>> conv_auth = requests.AuthObject('requeststest', 'requeststest')
>>> r = requests.get('https://convore.com/api/account/verify.json', auth=conv_auth)

>>> r.status_code
200

>>> r.headers['content-type']
'application/json'

>>> r.content
'{"username": "requeststest", "url": "/users/requeststest/", "id": "9408", "img": "censored-long-url"}'

API

Requests:

All request functions return a Response object (see below).

If a {filename: fileobject} dictionary is passed in (files=…), a multipart_encode upload will be performed. If CookieJar object is is passed in (cookies=…), the cookies will be sent with the request.

GET Requests
>>> request.get(url, params={}, headers={}, cookies=None, auth=None)
<request object>
HEAD Requests
>>> request.head(url, params={}, headers={}, cookies=None, auth=None)
<request object>
PUT Requests
>>> request.put(url, data='', headers={}, files={}, cookies=None, auth=None)
<request object>
POST Requests
>>> request.post(url, data={}, headers={}, files={}, cookies=None, auth=None)
<request object>
DELETE Requests
>>> request.delete(url, params={}, headers={}, cookies=None, auth=None)
<request object>

Responses:

Request.status_code:

(Integer) Received HTTP Status Code Response

Request.headers:

(Dictionary) Received HTTP Response Headers

Request.content:

(Bytes) Received Content

Request.url

(String) URL of response. Useful for detecting redirects.

HTTP Authentication Registry:

You can register AuthObjects to automatically enable HTTP Authentication on requests that contain a registered base URL string.

>>> requests.add_autoauth(url, authobject)

Installation

To install requests, simply:

$ pip install requests

Or, if you absolutely must:

$ easy_install requests

But, you really shouldn’t do that.

Contribute

If you’d like to contribute, simply fork the repository, commit your changes to the develop branch (or branch off of it), and send a pull request. Make sure you add yourself to AUTHORS.

Roadmap

  • Sphinx Documentation

  • Exhaustive Unittests

History

0.2.2 (2011-02-14)

  • Still handles request in the event of an HTTPError. (Issue #2)

  • Eventlet and Gevent Monkeypatch support.

  • Cookie Support (Issue #1)

0.2.1 (2011-02-14)

  • Added file attribute to POST and PUT requests for multipart-encode file uploads.

  • Added Request.url attribute for context and redirects

0.2.0 (2011-02-14)

  • Birth!

0.0.1 (2011-02-13)

  • Frustration

  • Conception

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