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Sending Text Data in a POST Request with Python Requests

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 3, 2024

Guide on how to send plain text data in POST requests using Python requests module and setting Content-Type header.

Do I need urllib3?

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 20, 2024

Python's urllib3 module provides connection pooling, asynchronous requests, and TLS encryption for better performance in HTTP requests.

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