Method read

httpx/_models.py:468–480

Read and return the request content.

(self)

        return self._content

    def read(self) -> bytes:
        """
        Read and return the request content.
        """
        if not hasattr(self, "_content"):
            assert isinstance(self.stream, typing.Iterable)
            self._content = b"".join(self.stream)
            if not isinstance(self.stream, ByteStream):
                # If a streaming request has been read entirely into memory, then
                # we can replace the stream with a raw bytes implementation,
                # to ensure that any non-replayable streams can still be used.
                self.stream = ByteStream(self._content)
        return self._content

    async def aread(self) -> bytes:
        """