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HTTPX Guide

[python][http][async]

Python

Install

pip install httpx
pip install httpx[http2]

HTTPX is the modern Python HTTP client with both sync and async APIs.

Connection pooling, timeouts, and HTTP/2 support built-in.

Pair with respx for easy HTTP mocking in tests.

Basic Usage

GET request· Fetch data.

import httpx
response = httpx.get('https://api.example.com/users')
response.json()

POST (sync)· Send data.

httpx.post('https://api.example.com/users', json={'name': 'Alice'})

Async

Async GET· Async request.

async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
    resp = await client.get('https://api.example.com/users')
    data = resp.json()

Concurrent async· Parallel requests.

async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
    tasks = [client.get(f'/users/{i}') for i in range(10)]
    responses = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)

Client Configuration

Client with pooling· Reuse connections.

with httpx.Client(base_url='https://api.example.com') as client:
    resp = client.get('/users')
    resp = client.post('/users', json={'name': 'Bob'})

Timeout· Request timeout.

httpx.get('https://api.example.com', timeout=10.0)

Error Handling

Error handling· Raise on error.

response = httpx.get('https://api.example.com/404')
response.raise_for_status()  # raises HTTPStatusError

Testing

Respx mock· Mock HTTP for tests.

import respx
@respx.mock
def test_get_user():
    route = respx.get('https://api.example.com/users').mock(return_value=httpx.Response(200, json=[{'id': 1}]))
    resp = httpx.get('https://api.example.com/users')
    assert resp.json()[0]['id'] == 1