aid: httpx
name: HTTPX
description: >-
  HTTPX is a fully featured HTTP client for Python 3 with sync and async
  APIs, HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 support. It is broadly compatible with the
  popular requests library while adding modern features such as strict
  timeouts, type annotations, direct WSGI and ASGI transport, SSL
  verification, cookie persistence, proxy support, and multipart uploads.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Async
  - Clients
  - HTTP Client
  - Library
  - Python
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/httpx/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-27'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: httpx:httpx
    name: HTTPX
    description: >-
      HTTPX is a fully featured HTTP client library for Python 3 with
      sync and async APIs, HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 support. It is consumed
      as a Python package rather than as a hosted API service.
    humanURL: https://www.python-httpx.org
    tags:
      - Async
      - Clients
      - HTTP Client
      - Library
      - Python
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.python-httpx.org
      - type: GettingStarted
        url: https://www.python-httpx.org/quickstart/
      - type: Repository
        url: https://github.com/encode/httpx
      - type: Package
        url: https://pypi.org/project/httpx/
      - type: Rules
        url: rules/httpx-rules.yml
common:
  - type: DomainSecurity
    url: security/httpx-domain-security.yml
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.python-httpx.org
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.python-httpx.org
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/encode/httpx
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com