RequestX Documentation¶

RequestX is a high-performance HTTP client library for Python built on Rust's reqwest library using PyO3 bindings. The API is designed to be compatible with HTTPX.

Key Features¶

• High Performance - Built on Rust's reqwest for speed and memory safety
• Dual API Support - Both synchronous and async/await patterns
• HTTPX Compatible - Familiar API for easy migration
• Connection Pooling - Efficient connection reuse with persistent sessions
• HTTP/2 Support - Modern protocol support out of the box
• Streaming - Support for streaming request and response bodies
• TLS - Secure connections via rustls

Performance¶

RequestX delivers significant performance improvements over traditional Python HTTP libraries:

• 2-5x faster than requests for synchronous operations
• 3-10x faster than aiohttp for asynchronous operations
• Lower memory usage due to Rust's efficient memory management
• Better connection pooling with HTTP/2 support

Quick Installation¶

pip install requestx

Quick Start¶

Synchronous API¶

import requestx

# Simple GET request
response = requestx.get("https://httpbin.org/json")
print(response.json())

# POST with JSON data
response = requestx.post(
    "https://httpbin.org/post",
    json={"key": "value"}
)
print(response.status_code)

Asynchronous API¶

import asyncio
import requestx

async def main():
    async with requestx.AsyncClient() as client:
        response = await client.get("https://httpbin.org/json")
        print(response.json())

asyncio.run(main())

Using Client Sessions¶

import requestx

# Connection pooling with Client
with requestx.Client(base_url="https://api.example.com") as client:
    response = client.get("/users")
    users = response.json()

Documentation Contents¶

• Quick Start - Get up and running in minutes
• Installation - Detailed installation instructions
• Configuration - Configure timeouts, proxies, and more
• API Reference - Complete API documentation
• Examples - Code examples and patterns

Community & Support¶

• GitHub: https://github.com/neuesql/requestx
• Issues: https://github.com/neuesql/requestx/issues
• Discussions: https://github.com/neuesql/requestx/discussions

License¶

RequestX is released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.