Why I forked httpx
tildeweb.nl
Why I forked httpx
1–10 of 194 posts
Re: Why I forked httpx
#2Somehow I confused httpx with htmlx
Re: Why I forked httpx
#3It's a shame, httpx has so much potential to be the default Python http library. It's crazy that there isn't one really. I contributed some patches to the project some years ago now and it was a nice and friendly process. I was expecting a v1 release imminently. It looks like the author is having some issues which seem to afflict so many in this field for some reason. I notice they've changed their name since I last interacted with the project...
Re: Why I forked httpx
#4the http landscape is rather scary lately in Python. instead of forking join forces... See Niquests https://github.com/jawah/niquests
I am trying to resolve what you've seen. For years of hard work.
Re: Why I forked httpx
#5Hi Michiel!
Just a small headsup: clicking on the Leiden Python link in your About Me page give not the expected results.
And a small nitpick: it's "Michiel's" in English (where it's "Michiels" in Dutch).
Thanks for devoting time to opensource... <3
Re: Why I forked httpx
#6I guess the Discussion on Hacker News href should be "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47514603" instead of "news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47514603"
Re: Why I forked httpx
#7Somehow I confused httpx with htmlx
Same! Only just realized it thanks to your comment.
Re: Why I forked httpx
#8More related drama: The Slow Collapse of MkDocs (https://fpgmaas.com/blog/collapse-of-mkdocs/)
Re: Why I forked httpx
#9the http landscape is rather scary lately in Python. instead of forking join forces... See Niquests https://github.com/jawah/niquests I am trying to resolve what you've seen. For years of hard work.
Can confirm, more features, a breeze to switch.
Re: Why I forked httpx
#10the http landscape is rather scary lately in Python. instead of forking join forces... See Niquests https://github.com/jawah/niquests I am trying to resolve what you've seen. For years of hard work.
The basis of httpx is not very good at all.
I think that it owes its success to be first "port" of python requests to support async, that was a strong need.
But otherwise it is bad: API is not that great, performance is not that great, tweaking is not that great, and the maintainer mindset is not that great also. For the last point, few points were referenced in the article, but it can easily put your production project to suddenly break in a bad way without valid reason.
Without being perfect, I would advise everyone to switch to Aiohttp.