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http-client

Elegant and simple HTTP client for Python

30M/week → Stable

Features

httpapisimple

Pros and Cons

Ventajas

  • + Extremely intuitive and readable API
  • + Automatic handling of encoding and JSON
  • + Session and cookie support
  • + SSL verification by default
  • + Extensive documentation and community

Desventajas

  • - No native async support (use httpx)
  • - Can be slow for many concurrent requests
  • - Not included in stdlib

Use Cases

  • Consume REST APIs
  • Basic web scraping
  • HTTP task automation
  • Endpoint testing

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