Yes this. I feel people avoid it because of inertia, but I've started using it by default now, and typically only adds a few lines of code. (old) batteries incl

Yes this. I feel people avoid it because of inertia, but I've started using it by default now, and typically only adds a few lines of code. (old) batteries included etc etc There's also https://docs.python.org/3/library/http.client.html https://docs.python.org/3/library/http.client.html, which ironically refers people over to requests anyway...