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Narkw Brahma

Narkw Brahma

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Python Requests: Killing a Session

Python Requests is a library that makes it easy to send HTTP requests using Python. It provides a simple API for making requests, handling cookies, and managing sessions. However, sometimes it might be necessary to kill an active session.

What is a Session?

A session is a mechanism used to maintain state between HTTP requests. It allows the server to associate requests from the same client, which is useful for managing authentication, caching, and other features. When using Python Requests, a session is created automatically when you make a request using the requests.Session() method.

Killing a Session

There are several ways to kill an active session in Python Requests. One way is to close the session explicitly by calling the close() method on the session object. This will release all resources associated with the session, including any open sockets and cookies.


import requests

# create a new session
s = requests.Session()

# make some requests
s.get('https://www.example.com')
s.post('https://www.example.com/login', data={'username': 'john', 'password': 'doe'})

# close the session
s.close()

You can also use the with statement to automatically close the session when you are done with it:


import requests

# create a new session
with requests.Session() as s:

    # make some requests
    s.get('https://www.example.com')
    s.post('https://www.example.com/login', data={'username': 'john', 'password': 'doe'})

If you don't need to keep the session open for future requests, you can simply discard the session object. This will automatically close the session and release any resources associated with it:


import requests

# create a new session
s = requests.Session()

# make some requests
s.get('https://www.example.com')
s.post('https://www.example.com/login', data={'username': 'john', 'password': 'doe'})

# discard the session
s = None

Conclusion

Killing a session in Python Requests is a simple task. You can use the close() method to explicitly close the session, or let Python automatically close the session when you discard the session object or use the with statement.

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