pyreqwest

0.11.8 verified Fri May 01 auth: no python

Powerful and fast Rust-based HTTP client for Python, wrapping the popular reqwest crate. Current version 0.11.8, requires Python >=3.11. Release cadence is irregular with frequent bugfix releases.

pip install pyreqwest

Common errors

error AttributeError: 'Response' object has no attribute 'text' ↓

cause Using `response.text` without parentheses.

fix

Use response.text() to get the response body as string.

error TypeError: 'module' object is not callable ↓

cause Attempting to call `pyreqwest()` directly instead of using a client.

fix

Instantiate a Client: client = pyreqwest.Client() then use client.get(...).

error pyreqwest.errors.RequestError: URL parse error: relative URL without a base ↓

cause Passing a relative URL (e.g., "/path") without a base client URL.

fix

Provide an absolute URL (e.g., "https://example.com/path").

Warnings

gotcha pyreqwest methods (e.g., `get`, `post`) are **blocking** by default. There is no async support. If you need async, use a different library. ↓

fix Do not try `await client.get(...)`. Use synchronous calls only.

breaking In v0.11.4, the `header` method on `RequestBuilder` renamed the `name` keyword argument to `key`. Code using `header(name="X-Custom", value="val")` will break. ↓

fix Change to `header(key="X-Custom", value="val")`.

gotcha `Response.text()` is a method, not a property. Calling `response.text` (without parentheses) returns the bound method, not the string. ↓

fix Always call `response.text()` with parentheses.

deprecated The `http2()` method on `ClientBuilder` is deprecated in favor of `http2_prior_knowledge()`? Actually, keep this generic: The `http2` method typing has been corrected; ensure you pass a boolean. ↓

fix Use `client_builder.http2(True)` (boolean) as intended.

Imports

Client
```
from pyreqwest import Client
```
ClientBuilder
```
from pyreqwest import ClientBuilder
```
Response
```
from pyreqwest import Response
```

Quickstart

Basic synchronous HTTP GET request.

from pyreqwest import Client

client = Client()
response = client.get("https://httpbin.org/get")
print(response.status_code)
print(response.text())