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Narkw Brahma

Narkw Brahma

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XHR Request in Python

When building web applications, it is common to make asynchronous calls to the server using XHR (XMLHttpRequest) requests. Python provides several libraries to make HTTP requests, including requests, httplib, and urllib2.

Using the Requests Library

The requests library is a popular HTTP client library for Python that makes it easy to send HTTP requests and handle responses. Here's an example of making an XHR request using the requests library:


import requests

url = 'https://example.com/api/data'
params = {'param1': 'value1', 'param2': 'value2'}
headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer API_TOKEN'}

response = requests.get(url, params=params, headers=headers)

if response.status_code == 200:
    data = response.json()
    print(data)
else:
    print('Error:', response.status_code)

In the above example, we are making a GET request to the URL https://example.com/api/data, passing two query parameters (param1 and param2), and providing an authorization token in the headers. The response.json() method is used to parse the response data as JSON.

Using Other Libraries

Other libraries like httplib and urllib2 can also be used to make XHR requests in Python. Here's an example using httplib:


import httplib

conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('example.com')
conn.request('GET', '/api/data?param1=value1¶m2=value2', headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer API_TOKEN'})

response = conn.getresponse()

if response.status == 200:
    data = response.read()
    print(data)
else:
    print('Error:', response.status)

In the above example, we are making a GET request to the URL https://example.com/api/data?param1=value1¶m2=value2, passing query parameters as part of the URL, and providing an authorization token in the headers.

Conclusion

Python provides several libraries for making XHR requests, including requests, httplib, and urllib2. Each library has its own strengths and weaknesses, so it's important to choose the library that best fits your needs.

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