Python Requests get() Method

Make a request to a web page, and return the status code:

import requests

x = requests.get('https://w3schools.com')
print(x.status_code)

Definition and Usage

The get() method sends a GET request to the specified url.

requests.get(url, params={key: value}, args)

args means zero or more of the named arguments in the parameter table below. Example:

requests.get(url, timeout=2.50)

Parameter		Description
url	Try it	Required. The url of the request
params	Try it	Optional. A dictionary, list of tuples or bytes to send as a query string. Default `None`
allow_redirects	Try it	Optional. A Boolean to enable/disable redirection. Default `True` (allowing redirects)
auth	Try it	Optional. A tuple to enable a certain HTTP authentication. Default `None`
cert	Try it	Optional. A String or Tuple specifying a cert file or key. Default `None`
cookies	Try it	Optional. A dictionary of cookies to send to the specified url. Default `None`
headers	Try it	Optional. A dictionary of HTTP headers to send to the specified url. Default `None`
proxies	Try it	Optional. A dictionary of the protocol to the proxy url. Default `None`
stream	Try it	Optional. A Boolean indication if the response should be immediately downloaded (False) or streamed (True). Default `False`
timeout	Try it	Optional. A number, or a tuple, indicating how many seconds to wait for the client to make a connection and/or send a response. Default `None` which means the request will continue until the connection is closed
verify	Try it Try it	Optional. A Boolean or a String indication to verify the servers TLS certificate or not. Default `True`

The get() method returns a requests.Response object.