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0 pointsposix_compliant7y ago0 comments

Getting a resource in requests:

    import requests
    body = requests.get('http://pycurl.io/')

Getting a resource with libcurl:

    import pycurl
    from io import BytesIO
    
    buffer = BytesIO()
    c = pycurl.Curl()
    c.setopt(c.URL, 'http://pycurl.io/')
    c.setopt(c.WRITEDATA, buffer)
    c.perform()
    c.close()
    
    body = buffer.getvalue()

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detaro7y ago

Doesn't answer the question why nobody has build an interface like the first example over the low-level libcurl bindings, or if someone has done so, why it hasn't been more popular.

I'd guess: because distributing packages with native dependencies is sort of a a pain, and was way worse in the past, especially cross-platform, and thus python-only packages are preferred. Leaves open why libcurl bindings weren't choosen for stdlib.

busterarm7y ago

Since we're on the topic of code quality, this example is an incredibly strong indication that you should be using an interface.

And while the requests library might be shorter/easier, it doesn't offer nearly the guarantees that it will exhibit the expected behavior nor the feature flexibility that libcurl does.

https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/features.html

https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/theysay.html

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