requests

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HTTP via micropip

What is requests?

Requests is the most popular Python HTTP library, used to send HTTP/1.1 requests elegantly and simply. With it you can GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, and more — handling authentication, cookies, redirects, and timeouts with a clean, Pythonic API.

In PyRun, the requests library is made available via Pyodide's micropip system. It uses the browser's native fetch API under the hood, so requests to CORS-enabled endpoints work seamlessly. This makes it perfect for querying public APIs, exploring REST endpoints, and practising HTTP concepts without any local setup.

Code Example

Fetch data from a public REST API endpoint.

HTTP GET Request

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import requests
import json

url = "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1"
print(f"Fetching: {url}\n")

response = requests.get(url)
if response.status_code == 200:
    data = response.json()
    print("Status:", response.status_code)
    print("Response:")
    print(json.dumps(data, indent=2))
else:
    print(f"Error: {response.status_code}")

Why run requests in PyRun?

✦ Zero setup — no pip install, no virtual environment, no Python download
✦ Instant results — powered by WebAssembly, runs locally in your browser
✦ Share your code — generate a link and anyone can run it instantly
✦ Works offline — after first load, PyRun runs without internet

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