If you need to make HTTP requests with Python, then you may find yourself directed to the brilliant requests library. Though it’s a great library, you may have noticed that it’s not a built-in part of Python. If you prefer, for whatever reason, to limit your dependencies and stick to standard-library Python, then you can reach for urllib.request! If you’ve heard of HTTP requests, including GET and POST, then you’re probably ready for this tutorial. Also, you should’ve already used […]

Python’s assert statement allows you to write sanity checks in your code. These checks are known as assertions, and you can use them to test if certain assumptions remain true while you’re developing your code. If any of your assertions turn false, then you have a bug in your code. Assertions are a convenient tool for documenting, debugging, and testing code during development. Once you’ve debugged and tested your code with the help of assertions, then you can turn them […]

Sockets and the socket API are used to send messages across a network. They provide a form of inter-process communication (IPC). The network can be a logical, local network to the computer, or one that’s physically connected to an external network, with its own connections to other networks. The obvious example is the Internet, which you connect to via your ISP. In this tutorial, you’ll create: A simple socket server and client An improved version that handles multiple connections simultaneously […]