How to Make an HTTP Request with Python

Python offers several ways to make HTTP requests. The most popular is the requests library, but the standard library's urllib also works.

GET request example

Making a GET request to fetch data with custom headers:

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.example.com/users",
    headers={"Accept": "application/json", "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"}
)
data = response.json()

POST request example

Making a POST request to send JSON data:

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.example.com/users",
    headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
    json={"name": "John", "email": "john@example.com"}
)
print(response.status_code)

Other libraries you can try

Python: Requests — simple and popular HTTP library, HTTPX — async-capable HTTP client
JavaScript: Axios — promise-based HTTP client, node-fetch — Fetch API for Node.js
Ruby: HTTParty — simple HTTP client, Faraday — flexible HTTP library, RestClient — lightweight REST client
Java: OkHttp — efficient HTTP client, Apache HttpClient — feature-rich library
C#: RestSharp — simple REST client, Flurl — fluent HTTP library
Go: resty — simple HTTP client, grequests — goroutine-based requests
PHP: Guzzle — popular PHP HTTP client, Symfony HttpClient — component-based HTTP client