Method send

httpx/_client.py:879–928

Send a request. The request is sent as-is, unmodified. Typically you'll want to build one with `Client.build_request()` so that any client-level configuration is merged into the request, but passing an explicit `httpx.Request()` is supported as well.

(
        self,
        request: Request,
        *,
        stream: bool = False,
        auth: AuthTypes | UseClientDefault | None = USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
        follow_redirects: bool | UseClientDefault = USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
    )

            response.close()

    def send(
        self,
        request: Request,
        *,
        stream: bool = False,
        auth: AuthTypes | UseClientDefault | None = USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
        follow_redirects: bool | UseClientDefault = USE_CLIENT_DEFAULT,
    ) -> Response:
        class="st">"""
        Send a request.

        The request is sent as-is, unmodified.

        Typically you&class="cm">#x27;ll want to build one with `Client.build_request()`
        so that any client-level configuration is merged into the request,
        but passing an explicit `httpx.Request()` is supported as well.

        See also: [Request instances][0]

        [0]: /advanced/clients/class="cm">#request-instances
        class="st">"""
        if self._state == ClientState.CLOSED:
            raise RuntimeError(class="st">"Cannot send a request, as the client has been closed.")

        self._state = ClientState.OPENED
        follow_redirects = (
            self.follow_redirects
            if isinstance(follow_redirects, UseClientDefault)
            else follow_redirects
        )

        self._set_timeout(request)

        auth = self._build_request_auth(request, auth)

        response = self._send_handling_auth(
            request,
            auth=auth,
            follow_redirects=follow_redirects,
            history=[],
        )
        try:
            if not stream:
                response.read()

            return response

        except BaseException as exc:
            response.close()
            raise exc

    def _send_handling_auth(
        self,