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Narkw Brahma

Narkw Brahma

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Curl using Python Requests

If you're looking to use Curl in Python, you can do so using the Requests module. Requests is a popular Python library for making HTTP requests.

Installation

Before we begin, we need to install the Requests module. You can do this using pip:


    !pip install requests

Using Requests to Make a Curl Request

To make a Curl request using Requests, you can use the following code:


    import requests

    response = requests.get('https://example.com')
    print(response.text)

This code will make a GET request to https://example.com and print the response text.

Using Curl Options with Requests

If you want to use Curl options with Requests, you can do so by passing them as arguments to the Requests function. For example:


    import requests

    response = requests.get('https://example.com', headers={'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'})
    print(response.text)

In this example, we're passing the User-Agent header to the request using the headers argument.

Using Curl POST Requests with Requests

If you want to make a POST request using Curl and Requests, you can do so by passing data to the Requests function. For example:


    import requests

    payload = {'key1': 'value1', 'key2': 'value2'}
    response = requests.post('https://example.com/post', data=payload)
    print(response.text)

In this example, we're making a POST request to https://example.com/post with the payload data.

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