HTTP Calls in Python Without requests or Other External Dependencies

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  • CPython

    The Python programming language

  • In addition to great Python HTTP client tools such as Requests and HTTPX, the standard library itself supplies the necessary ingredients to make a working HTTP client for API calls. This tutorial shares how to construct and customize such a tool for your own scripts.

  • pysimpleurl

  • You are certainly welcome to copy and use the above function, or browse or clone the Github repo.

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  • attrs

    Python Classes Without Boilerplate

  • Of course, a custom class will work, or attrs, or whatever container works for you.

  • urllib3

    urllib3 is a user-friendly HTTP client library for Python

  • urllib3 is the dependency for many other tools, including requests. By itself, urllib3 is quite usable. It may be all you need.

  • pycurl

    PycURL - Python interface to libcurl

  • pycurl is less popular as a Python library, but interfaces with the well-known libcurl.

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    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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