[issue44908] recommend httpx as well as requests in http.client/urllib.request docs

2021-08-13 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: The problem with linking anything is that it inspires requests like this. We don't hand out links like candy. I think the intent was to maybe link one package if in some sense the standard alternative. I don't know the protocol for adding more. Likely som

[issue44908] recommend httpx as well as requests in http.client/urllib.request docs

2021-08-12 Thread Thomas Grainger
New submission from Thomas Grainger : HTTPX is a fully featured HTTP client for Python 3, which provides sync and async APIs, and support for both HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2. It's also broadly compatible and inspired by the requests API: https://github.com/encode/httpx/blob/master/docs/compatibility