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Sending Numerical Data in a Python Requests POST

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 3, 2024

Requests library in Python handles POST requests seamlessly, allowing you to send numerical data like integers and floats as JSON without any special handling or conversions.

Troubleshooting Python Request Timeouts

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 3, 2024

Making HTTP requests in Python can sometimes result in timeouts due to slow network connection, overloaded API servers, short timeout values, or connection issues. To handle timeouts, you can check connectivity, increase the timeout duration, implement retries, handle exceptions, and assess for overload. Best practices to avoid timeouts include monitoring requests, stress testing remote APIs, implementing circuit breakers, and caching API response data.

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