Python · Chapter 43 of 45

HTTP with requests

The `requests` library is the friendly HTTP client used by almost every Python project.

`requests.get(url)`, `requests.post(url, json=data)` return a Response with `.status_code`, `.text`, `.json()`.

GET and POST

GET fetches data; POST sends data. Pass `params=` for query strings, `json=` for JSON bodies, `headers=` for headers.

Check `resp.status_code` or call `resp.raise_for_status()` to raise on 4xx/5xx.

Example 1 (python)

import requests
resp = requests.get("https://api.github.com")
print(resp.status_code)
print(resp.json()["current_user_url"])

Output

200
https://api.github.com/user

GET a JSON API and parse the response.

Example 2 (python)

import requests
resp = requests.post("https://httpbin.org/post", json={"x": 1})
print(resp.json()["json"])

Output

{'x': 1}

POST a JSON body.

💡 Note: For async code, use `httpx` (same API, supports both sync and async).