What are the functions of request in Python?

The requests library in Python is a commonly used HTTP library that has the following features:

1. You can send different types of HTTP requests such as GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.
2. Adding request headers: Customizing request headers, including User-Agent and Cookie.
3. Set Request Parameters: You can configure the URL parameters and form parameters for POST requests.
4. Add file upload: You can send files such as images, audio, etc.
5. Enable proxy: You can configure the use of a proxy server to send requests.
6. Handling responses: you can access the response status code, response headers, response content, and more.
7. Using Session: You can use the Session object to send multiple requests and maintain the session state.
8. Automatically manage cookies: can automatically handle cookies sent by servers.
9. Identity verification: You can set up a username and password for basic identity verification.
10. SSL certificate validation: It can verify the SSL certificate of an HTTPS request.
11. Redirect handling: can automatically handle redirects for requests.
12. Set a timeout: You can specify a maximum time for a request to prevent it from waiting too long.
13. Proxy authentication: You can authenticate by setting a username and password for the proxy server.
14. Handle exceptions: able to deal with any errors that may occur during the request process.

In short, the requests library offers a wide range of functions that make it convenient to send and handle HTTP requests.