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PycURL -- A Python Interface To The cURL library


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PycURL -- A Python Interface To The cURL library

PycURL is a Python interface to libcurl, the multiprotocol file transfer library. Similarly to the urllib Python module, PycURL can be used to fetch objects identified by a URL from a Python program. Beyond simple fetches however PycURL exposes most of the functionality of libcurl, including:

  • Speed - libcurl is very fast and PycURL, being a thin wrapper above libcurl, is very fast as well. PycURL was benchmarked_ to be several times faster than requests_.
  • Features including multiple protocol support, SSL, authentication and proxy options. PycURL supports most of libcurl's callbacks.
  • Multi_ and share_ interfaces.
  • Sockets used for network operations, permitting integration of PycURL into the application's I/O loop (e.g., using Tornado_).

.. _was benchmarked: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15461995/python-requests-vs-pycurl-performance .. _requests: http://python-requests.org/ .. _Multi: https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-multi.html .. _share: https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-share.html .. _Tornado: http://www.tornadoweb.org/

Requirements

  • Python 3.5-3.12.
  • libcurl 7.19.0 or better.

Installation

Download the source distribution from PyPI_.

Please see the installation documentation_ for installation instructions.

.. _PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pycurl .. _the installation documentation: http://pycurl.io/docs/latest/install.html

Documentation

Documentation for the most recent PycURL release is available on PycURL website <http://pycurl.io/docs/latest/>_.

Support

For support questions please use curl-and-python mailing list. Mailing list archives are available for your perusal as well.

Although not an official support venue, Stack Overflow_ has been popular with some PycURL users.

Bugs can be reported via GitHub_. Please use GitHub only for bug reports and direct questions to our mailing list instead.

.. _curl-and-python mailing list: https://lists.haxx.se/listinfo/curl-and-python .. _Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/pycurl .. _Mailing list archives: https://curl.haxx.se/mail/list.cgi?list=curl-and-python .. _via GitHub: https://github.com/pycurl/pycurl/issues

License

PycURL is dual licensed under the LGPL and an MIT/X derivative license based on the libcurl license. The complete text of the licenses is available in COPYING-LGPL_ and COPYING-MIT_ files in the source distribution.

.. _libcurl: https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/ .. _urllib: http://docs.python.org/library/urllib.html .. _COPYING-LGPL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pycurl/pycurl/master/COPYING-LGPL .. _COPYING-MIT: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pycurl/pycurl/master/COPYING-MIT

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