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		selcuka 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uv: Running a script with dependencies > I liked Requests way back when but prefer httpx or aiohttp. Those two tools are modeled after `requests`, so Reitz still has an influence in your life even if you don't use his implementation directly.

kstrauser 9 months ago [–]

They’re pretty close, sure, but Requests itself basically models a web browser. The newer ones model newer browsers (eg with HTTP/2 and async).

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