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Python has a lot of batteries included, but nearly everyone finds it necessary to bring in “requests.” And then once you have one pip package, what’s a few more
by closeparen 5y ago
Python has a lot of batteries included, but nearly everyone finds it necessary to bring in “requests.” And then once you have one pip package, what’s a few more?
- throwaway81523 5y agoI use urllib instead of requests just to get rid of a dependency. It does all the same stuff with slightly uglier calls. More to the point, Python Central seems to now favor shovelling off stuff to external dependencies.