Can Python Requests library be used on Google App Engine?

Question

Can I use Requests on Google App Engine? I think this library is perfect to create a REST client.

Answer 1

Install the requests-toolbelt library: https://github.com/sigmavirus24/requests-toolbelt

For App Engine it could be something like: pip install requests-toolbelt -t lib

(See: https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/python/tools/using-libraries-python-27#installing_a_library)

Then add:

from requests_toolbelt.adapters import appengine appengine.monkeypatch() 

In your main.py or equivalent.

Edit: this solution is now part of the official documentation: https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/python/issue-requests#issuing_an_http_request (in the REQUESTS tab)