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Example of URL fetching function using requests library
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simple_request_example.py
import requests
class HTTPRequestError(Exception):
pass
def fetch(url, params=None, **kwargs):
try:
response = requests.get(url, params, **kwargs)
if response.status_code == 200:
return response
else:
raise HTTPRequestError(f'The GET request to {url} responded with status code {response.status_code}')
except Exception:
raise
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