Httpx is a next-generation HTTP client for Python, created by Encode. It offers synchronous and asynchronous API support. Httpx builds upon Requests, supporting HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2. Its features include WSGI/ASGI application requests, strict timeouts, and broad compatibility. Httpx improves web scraping, API integration, and microservice communication.
ArjanCodes (6 mentions) highlights Httpx as a modern HTTP client, useful for network requests and as a test dependency, as seen in "How to Write Great Unit Tests in Python" and "Why Are Not More People Using These Python Libraries?".
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