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Simplify your HTTP requests with UtilHTTP - the lightweight yet powerful Python library.
import utilhttp
# Make a GET request with basic authentication
response = utilhttp.get('https://httpbin.org/basic-auth/user/pass', auth=('user', 'pass'))
# Check the response
print(f"Status Code: {response.status_code}")
print(f"Content Type: {response.headers['content-type']}")
print(f"Encoding: {response.encoding}")
print(f"Text: {response.text[:20]}...") # First 20 characters
print(f"JSON: {response.json()}")
Get UtilHTTP up and running in seconds:
pip install utilhttp
📌 Note: UtilHTTP supports Python 3.8 and above.
Effortless Requests: No need to manually handle query strings or form-encode data
JSON Support: Seamlessly work with JSON data using the json method
Connection Magic: Keep-Alive & Connection Pooling for optimal performance
Global Ready: Full support for International Domains and URLs
Session Handling: Cookie persistence across requests
Secure by Default: Browser-style TLS/SSL Verification
Authentication: Basic & Digest methods supported
Cookie Management: Intuitive dict-like interface
Content Handling: Automatic decompression and decoding
File Uploads: Hassle-free multi-part file uploads
Proxy Support: SOCKS proxy compatibility
Timeout Control: Set connection timeouts with ease
Streaming: Efficient streaming downloads
Config Integration: Automatic .netrc file recognition
Chunked Requests: Support for Chunked HTTP requests
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We found that crustyhttp demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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