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A simple, elegant Python HTTP library for sending HTTP/1.1 requests with sessions, cookies, auth, and JSON support.

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What is it?

Requests is a Python library for making HTTP requests. It removes the need to build query strings by hand or form-encode PUT and POST bodies, and it provides a simple API for sending requests and reading responses, including parsed JSON.

The library covers common client needs: connection pooling and keep-alive, sessions that persist cookies, basic and digest authentication, streaming downloads, multipart file uploads, timeouts, SOCKS proxy support, and automatic decompression. It also honors .netrc credentials and handles international domain names and URLs.

Requests is installed from PyPI with pip and officially supports Python 3.10 and newer.

Key features

  • 01Connection pooling and keep-alive for reusing connections
  • 02Sessions that persist cookies across requests
  • 03Basic and digest authentication
  • 04Streaming downloads and multipart file uploads
  • 05Timeouts, SOCKS proxy support, and automatic content decoding

Use cases

  • Calling REST APIs from Python scripts or backend services
  • Downloading large files in chunks with streaming
  • Automating web logins that require cookies and authentication
  • Uploading files to web services using multipart requests

Quick start

  1. 1

    Install Requests from PyPI

    python -m pip install requests

Things to know

  • Requires Python 3.10 or newer.

Topics

#http#python#http-client#api#networking#client#cookies#forhumans#humans#python-requests

FAQ

What is requests?
A simple, elegant Python HTTP library for sending HTTP/1.1 requests with sessions, cookies, auth, and JSON support. Requests is a Python library for making HTTP requests. It removes the need to build query strings by hand or form-encode PUT and POST bodies, and it provides a simple API for sending requests and reading responses, including parsed JSON.
Is requests free to use? What license does it have?
requests is open source under the Apache-2.0 license. Check the license terms before using it in commercial products.
Is requests still maintained?
Actively maintained. The last commit to requests was on Sep 28, 2026.
What can I use requests for?
Calling REST APIs from Python scripts or backend services Downloading large files in chunks with streaming Automating web logins that require cookies and authentication Uploading files to web services using multipart requests
How do I install requests?
Install Requests from PyPI: python -m pip install requests
Where can I get requests?
The source code and installation instructions are on GitHub: https://github.com/psf/requests

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