fastrequest

A Python C extension module for fast HTTP requests with SSL/TLS support

Installation

To build and install the extension, you just need to run the install.sh script. The script then installs required packages, builds the extension using setuptools and then installs it using pip.

chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

Example Usage

Just import fastrequest module. It's usage is as easy as ABC!

import fastrequest.http

res = fastrequest.http.get("https://www.google.com")
res.save_to("index.html")

Also, JSON (application/json) responses can be handled easily too.

import json
import fastrequest.http

res = fastrequest.http.get("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/comments?postId=1")

with open("data.json", "w") as fp:
  json.dump(fp, res.json())

Module Reference

HTTPResponse

HTTPResponse is the generic HTTP/HTTPS response object returned from the GET/POST functions.

Pythonic definition of HTTPResponse is as follows,

class HTTPResponse(object):
  def __init__(self, data, size, url=""):
    self.data = data
    self.size = size
    self.url = url

  def text(self):
    return self.data.decode()

  def json(self):
    return json.loads(self.text())

http.get

http.get(url: str[, headers:dict]) -> HTTPResponse

HTTP/GET request function using libcurl as backend.

API Reference

HTTPResponse

HTTPResponse is the generic HTTP/HTTPS response object returned from the GET/POST functions.

The data structure of HTTPResponse object is as follows,

typedef struct {
    PyObject_HEAD
    PyObject *response_size;
    PyObject *response_data;
    PyObject *request_url;
} HTTPResponseObject;

Where

• response_size is byte-size of the response body (PyLong)
• response_body is the response body (PyBytes)
• request_url is the requested URI (PyUnicode)

StringBuffer

StringBuffer is the generic 'string' object implementation to be used in Fast Request API functions.

The data structure of StringBuffer object is as follows,

typedef struct {
    char *buf;
    int_fast64_t index;
    int_fast64_t size;
} StringBuffer;

FastRequestAPI_LibcurlHttpGet

StringBuffer *FastRequestAPI_LibcurlHttpGet(char *url, PyObject *headers)

Send HTTP/GET request to machine with the url specified with optional custom headers. This function uses libcurl as the backend.