Pool Manager#

class urllib3.PoolManager(num_pools=10, headers=None, **connection_pool_kw)#

Bases: RequestMethods

Allows for arbitrary requests while transparently keeping track of necessary connection pools for you.

Parameters
  • num_pools – Number of connection pools to cache before discarding the least recently used pool.

  • headers – Headers to include with all requests, unless other headers are given explicitly.

  • **connection_pool_kw – Additional parameters are used to create fresh urllib3.connectionpool.ConnectionPool instances.

Example:

>>> manager = PoolManager(num_pools=2)
>>> r = manager.request('GET', 'http://google.com/')
>>> r = manager.request('GET', 'http://google.com/mail')
>>> r = manager.request('GET', 'http://yahoo.com/')
>>> len(manager.pools)
2
clear()#

Empty our store of pools and direct them all to close.

This will not affect in-flight connections, but they will not be re-used after completion.

connection_from_context(request_context)#

Get a urllib3.connectionpool.ConnectionPool based on the request context.

request_context must at least contain the scheme key and its value must be a key in key_fn_by_scheme instance variable.

connection_from_host(host, port=None, scheme='http', pool_kwargs=None)#

Get a urllib3.connectionpool.ConnectionPool based on the host, port, and scheme.

If port isn’t given, it will be derived from the scheme using urllib3.connectionpool.port_by_scheme. If pool_kwargs is provided, it is merged with the instance’s connection_pool_kw variable and used to create the new connection pool, if one is needed.

connection_from_pool_key(pool_key, request_context=None)#

Get a urllib3.connectionpool.ConnectionPool based on the provided pool key.

pool_key should be a namedtuple that only contains immutable objects. At a minimum it must have the scheme, host, and port fields.

connection_from_url(url, pool_kwargs=None)#

Similar to urllib3.connectionpool.connection_from_url().

If pool_kwargs is not provided and a new pool needs to be constructed, self.connection_pool_kw is used to initialize the urllib3.connectionpool.ConnectionPool. If pool_kwargs is provided, it is used instead. Note that if a new pool does not need to be created for the request, the provided pool_kwargs are not used.

proxy = None#
proxy_config = None#
urlopen(method, url, redirect=True, **kw)#

Same as urllib3.HTTPConnectionPool.urlopen() with custom cross-host redirect logic and only sends the request-uri portion of the url.

The given url parameter must be absolute, such that an appropriate urllib3.connectionpool.ConnectionPool can be chosen for it.

class urllib3.ProxyManager(proxy_url, num_pools=10, headers=None, proxy_headers=None, proxy_ssl_context=None, use_forwarding_for_https=False, **connection_pool_kw)#

Bases: PoolManager

Behaves just like PoolManager, but sends all requests through the defined proxy, using the CONNECT method for HTTPS URLs.

Parameters
  • proxy_url – The URL of the proxy to be used.

  • proxy_headers – A dictionary containing headers that will be sent to the proxy. In case of HTTP they are being sent with each request, while in the HTTPS/CONNECT case they are sent only once. Could be used for proxy authentication.

  • proxy_ssl_context – The proxy SSL context is used to establish the TLS connection to the proxy when using HTTPS proxies.

  • use_forwarding_for_https – (Defaults to False) If set to True will forward requests to the HTTPS proxy to be made on behalf of the client instead of creating a TLS tunnel via the CONNECT method. Enabling this flag means that request and response headers and content will be visible from the HTTPS proxy whereas tunneling keeps request and response headers and content private. IP address, target hostname, SNI, and port are always visible to an HTTPS proxy even when this flag is disabled.

Example:
>>> proxy = urllib3.ProxyManager('http://localhost:3128/')
>>> r1 = proxy.request('GET', 'http://google.com/')
>>> r2 = proxy.request('GET', 'http://httpbin.org/')
>>> len(proxy.pools)
1
>>> r3 = proxy.request('GET', 'https://httpbin.org/')
>>> r4 = proxy.request('GET', 'https://twitter.com/')
>>> len(proxy.pools)
3
connection_from_host(host, port=None, scheme='http', pool_kwargs=None)#

Get a urllib3.connectionpool.ConnectionPool based on the host, port, and scheme.

If port isn’t given, it will be derived from the scheme using urllib3.connectionpool.port_by_scheme. If pool_kwargs is provided, it is merged with the instance’s connection_pool_kw variable and used to create the new connection pool, if one is needed.

urlopen(method, url, redirect=True, **kw)#

Same as HTTP(S)ConnectionPool.urlopen, url must be absolute.