Post #1702024
2026-04-26 10:02 UTC
HTTP GET requests with the Python standard library: https://alexwlchan.net/2026/python-http-with-the-stdlib/
For my local scripts I only need a handful of HTTP requests at a time, so I can do everything I want with a lightweight wrapper around urllib.request. Fewer dependencies FTW. 🥰
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@elithebearded@fed.qaz.red 2026-04-27 19:15
@alex@social.alexwlchan.net Does this handle dechunking? I don't see it mentioned. Transfer-Encoding: chunked It gets used for streaming, which is mentioned, but I have seen it for large HTML pages, and server-side generated images. It is a real pain to deal with if you have have a chunked response with response headers detached