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What does the `timeout` parameter control, and why is explicitly setting one considered important?
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What does the `timeout` parameter control, and why is explicitly setting one considered important?
What is the purpose of `response.raise_for_status()` combined with a try/except block, as a common error-handling pattern?
What is the purpose of Requests' built-in retry/adapter mechanism (via `HTTPAdapter` and `urllib3`'s `Retry`), typically configured on a Session?
What is a reasonable comparison between Requests (synchronous) and `httpx` or `aiohttp` (which support async/await) for a Python project needing to make many concurrent HTTP requests?
How do you send query parameters with a GET request in Requests?
What is the purpose of `response.headers` on a Requests response?
What is the purpose of `response.text` versus `response.content`?
What is the significance of Requests being built on top of `urllib3` rather than reimplementing HTTP handling from scratch?
What does `response.json()` do?
What is a Requests `Session` object used for, and why is it recommended for making multiple requests to the same host?
What does `response.status_code` provide after making a request?
What does the `data` argument send when used WITHOUT the `json` argument, e.g. `requests.post(url, data={'username': 'alice'})`?