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Narkw Brahma

Narkw Brahma

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Python and curl request

If you want to make a curl request using Python, there are a few ways to do it. Here are some options:

Option 1: Use the requests library

The requests library is a popular Python library for making HTTP requests. It provides a simple and easy-to-use interface for sending HTTP requests and handling the responses.


import requests

response = requests.get('http://example.com')
print(response.content)

In this example, we use the requests.get() function to send a GET request to http://example.com. We then print the content of the response using response.content.

Option 2: Use the subprocess module to call curl

If you prefer to use the curl command-line tool, you can call it from Python using the subprocess module.


import subprocess

curl_command = ['curl', 'http://example.com']
result = subprocess.run(curl_command, capture_output=True)
print(result.stdout)

In this example, we use the subprocess.run() function to run the curl command with the 'http://example.com' argument. We then capture the output of the command using the capture_output=True parameter, and print it using result.stdout.

Option 3: Use the pycurl library

The pycurl library is a Python interface to the libcurl library, which is a popular C library for making HTTP requests. If you need more advanced features or performance, pycurl might be a good option.


import pycurl

curl = pycurl.Curl()
curl.setopt(pycurl.URL, 'http://example.com')
curl.perform()
curl.close()

In this example, we create a new pycurl.Curl() object and set its URL option to 'http://example.com'. We then call the perform() method to send the request and receive the response, and finally close the curl object using curl.close().

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