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gufo.http.async_client

Asynchronous client.

HttpClient

Bases: object

Asynchronous HTTP client.

Attributes:

Name Type Description
headers Optional[Dict[str, bytes]]

Headers to be added to every request. Used in subclasses.

user_agent

Default user agent.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
max_redirects Optional[int]

Set up redirects policy:

  • None: Disable automatic redirect processing.
  • 0: Deny redirects. Will raise RedirectError on 3xx response.
  • >0: Follow redirects automatically. Will raise RedirectError when redirects limit exceeded.
MAX_REDIRECTS
compression Optional[int]

Acceptable compression methods, must be a combination of DEFLATE, GZIP, BROTLI, and ZSTD. Set to None to disable compression support.

DEFLATE | GZIP | BROTLI
validate_cert bool

Set to False to disable TLS certificate validation. Otherwise, raise ConnectionError on invalid certificates.

True
connect_timeout float

Timeout to establish connection, in seconds.

DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT
timeout float

Request timeout, in seconds.

DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
auth Optional[AuthBase]

Authentication settings.

None
proxy Optional[List[Proxy]]

Optional list of Proxy istances.

None

__aenter__() async

Asynchronous context manager entry.

Example
async with HttpClient() as client:
    ...

__aexit__(exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb) async

Asynchronous context manager exit.

delete(url, /, headers=None) async

Send HTTP DELETE request and receive a response.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
url str

Request url, use * to get options for server.

required
headers Optional[Dict[str, bytes]]

Optional request headers.

None

Returns:

Type Description
Response

Response instance.

Raises:

Type Description
TimeoutError

on timeouts.

ConnectionError

when failed to establish connection.

RedirectError

when redirects limit reached.

RequestError

on other errors related with request processing.

get(url, /, headers=None) async

Send HTTP GET request and receive a response.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
url str

Request url

required
headers Optional[Dict[str, bytes]]

Optional request headers

None

Returns:

Type Description
Response

Response instance.

Raises:

Type Description
TimeoutError

on timeouts.

ConnectionError

when failed to establish connection.

RedirectError

when redirects limit reached.

RequestError

on other errors related with request processing.

head(url, /, headers=None) async

Send HTTP HEAD request and receive a response.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
url str

Request url

required
headers Optional[Dict[str, bytes]]

Optional request headers

None

Returns:

Type Description
Response

Response instance.

Raises:

Type Description
TimeoutError

on timeouts.

ConnectionError

when failed to establish connection.

RedirectError

when redirects limit reached.

RequestError

on other errors related with request processing.

options(url, /, headers=None) async

Send HTTP OPTIONS request and receive a response.

Usually returns 204 No content response.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
url str

Request url, use * to get options for server.

required
headers Optional[Dict[str, bytes]]

Optional request headers.

None

Returns:

Type Description
Response

Response instance.

Raises:

Type Description
TimeoutError

on timeouts.

ConnectionError

when failed to establish connection.

RedirectError

when redirects limit reached.

RequestError

on other errors related with request processing.

patch(url, body, /, headers=None) async

Send HTTP PATCH request and receive a response.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
url str

Request url, use * to get options for server.

required
body bytes

Request body.

required
headers Optional[Dict[str, bytes]]

Optional request headers.

None

Returns:

Type Description
Response

Response instance.

Raises:

Type Description
TimeoutError

on timeouts.

ConnectionError

when failed to establish connection.

RedirectError

when redirects limit reached.

RequestError

on other errors related with request processing.

post(url, body, /, headers=None) async

Send HTTP POST request and receive a response.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
url str

Request url, use * to get options for server.

required
body bytes

Request body.

required
headers Optional[Dict[str, bytes]]

Optional request headers.

None

Returns:

Type Description
Response

Response instance.

Raises:

Type Description
TimeoutError

on timeouts.

ConnectionError

when failed to establish connection.

RedirectError

when redirects limit reached.

RequestError

on other errors related with request processing.

put(url, body, /, headers=None) async

Send HTTP PUT request and receive a response.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
url str

Request url, use * to get options for server.

required
body bytes

Request body.

required
headers Optional[Dict[str, bytes]]

Optional request headers.

None

Returns:

Type Description
Response

Response instance.

Raises:

Type Description
TimeoutError

on timeouts.

ConnectionError

when failed to establish connection.

RedirectError

when redirects limit reached.

RequestError

on other errors related with request processing.

request(method, url, /, body=None, headers=None) async

Send HTTP request and receive a response.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
method RequestMethod

Request method

required
url str

Request url

required
body Optional[bytes]

Request body

None
headers Optional[Dict[str, bytes]]

Optional request headers

None

Returns:

Type Description
Response

Response instance.

Raises:

Type Description
TimeoutError

on timeouts.

ConnectionError

when failed to establish connection.

RedirectError

when redirects limit reached.

RequestError

on other errors related with request processing.