List http response code - Compatible with Python2 and 3

Question

So I want to get a list of response codes (Not to harcode it) from a library.

In python2 I could easily do something like this:

import httplib
....
if res.status_code != httplib.OK:
     do_something

httplib is not present in python3 (I think I hhtp.client is in python3?)

Is there a library compatible with both Python2 and 3 to read the avaialble status codes?

Joran Beasley · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-03 22:25:06Z

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try:
   import httplib as client
except:
   from http import client

#do some stuff here

answered Aug 3, 2017 at 22:25

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Luke · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-03 22:29:33Z

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Personally, I like to use requests.

import requests

some_request = requests.get('some link')
some_request.raise_for_status()
# Rest of the code

As per the documentation, an error will only be raised if a request is unsuccessful.

answered Aug 3, 2017 at 22:29

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