requests.md

Working with requests

Examples of using the requests library in Python.

📚 Python Requests Library - Cheatsheet

🔹 Installation

pip install requests

🔹 Basic Usage

Sending a GET request

import requests

response = requests.get('https://example.com')
print(response.status_code)
print(response.headers)
print(response.text)

Sending a POST request

response = requests.post('https://example.com', data={'key': 'value'})

Other HTTP methods

requests.put('https://example.com/put', data={'key': 'value'})
requests.delete('https://example.com/delete')
requests.head('https://example.com/get')
requests.options('https://example.com/get')

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🔹 Handling Response Content

• response.status_code — HTTP status code (e.g., 200 OK)
• response.headers — Headers returned by the server
• response.text — Response body as text
• response.json() — If the response is JSON, parse it

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🔹 Sending Parameters and Headers

URL Parameters

payload = {'key1': 'value1', 'key2': 'value2'}
response = requests.get('https://example.com/get', params=payload)

Custom Headers

headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_TOKEN'}
response = requests.get('https://example.com/protected', headers=headers)

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🔹 Handling Exceptions

try:
    response = requests.get('https://example.com')
    response.raise_for_status()
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")

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✨ Summary

• requests makes HTTP communication in Python simple and elegant.
• Understand status codes, headers, and how to work with JSON data.