Python Requests III

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19 points·maximilianroos··7 comments

I for one am really happy to see this classic getting a makeover! The author had recently tried his hand at datetime libs and api microframeworks but despite really wanting to like them I didn’t feel they were all that better than existing solutions. Requests however has been a staple for me for ages!

Just for the default timeouts I am so happy. So many libraries just don't put one and then you have to debug hard why your webserver is hanging. Never funny when you realize it's because of some silly GET that is stuck.

So what's the difference to the predecessor?

asyncio, HTTP/2, connection pooling, timeouts, Python 3.6+

README > "Feature Support" https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests3/blob/master/README...

https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp already supports asyncio. Why do I need this for asyncio?

Anyway, I see that Issues are disabled for the repo. Is that the new way to develop? /s

Tools built with aiohttp: https://libraries.io/pypi/aiohttp/usage

Tools built with requests: https://libraries.io/pypi/requests/usage

aiohttp isn't just a client---its also a server library, and framework for creating async applications.

Because of this, its a bit easier to use requests since that's a dedicated client with all the design choices done to suit that use case.

Also the issues are closed because the project hasn't been released yet. It's being developed in the open, but its not ready! Documentation isn't even written for the new features.

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