Python Requests get() Method
Example
Make a request to a web page, and return the status code:
import requests
x = requests.get('https://w3schools.com')
print(x.status_code)
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Definition and Usage
The get()
method sends a GET request to the specified url.
Syntax
requests.get(url, params={key: value}, args)
args means zero or more of the named arguments in the parameter table below. Example:
requests.get(url, timeout=2.50)
Parameter Values
Parameter | Description | |
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url | Try it | Required. The url of the request |
params | Try it | Optional. A dictionary, list of tuples or bytes to send as a query string. Default None |
allow_redirects | Try it | Optional. A Boolean to enable/disable redirection. Default True (allowing redirects) |
auth | Try it | Optional. A tuple to enable a certain HTTP authentication. Default None |
cert | Try it | Optional. A String or Tuple specifying a cert file or key. Default None |
cookies | Try it | Optional. A dictionary of cookies to send to the specified url. Default None |
headers | Try it | Optional. A dictionary of HTTP headers to send to the specified url. Default None |
proxies | Try it | Optional. A dictionary of the protocol to the proxy url. Default None |
stream | Try it | Optional. A Boolean indication if the response should be immediately downloaded (False) or streamed (True). Default False |
timeout | Try it | Optional. A number, or a tuple, indicating how many seconds to wait for the client to make a connection and/or send a response. Default None which means the request will continue
until the connection is closed |
verify |
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Optional. A Boolean or a String indication to verify the servers TLS certificate or not. Default True |
Return Value
The get() method returns a requests.Response object.