httk.core.datastream.bytestream_request_view

Classes

BytestreamRequestView

A view presenting an underlying data streaming backend via a urllib.request.Request.

Module Contents

class httk.core.datastream.bytestream_request_view.BytestreamRequestView(obj, **hints)

Bases: httk.core.datastream.bytestream_view.BytestreamView, urllib.request.Request

A view presenting an underlying data streaming backend via a urllib.request.Request. This view is mostly useful for providing a Request to functions that will open it. Note: this view is not lazy (it does not fetch); it only mirrors the underlying request/URL.

Raises TypeError if created with a streaming data source that does not come with a URL.

Parameters:

• obj (httk.core.datastream.bytestream_like.BytestreamLike) – Byte-stream source to present as a request.

• **hints (Any) – Backend-selection and compression hints.

Raises:

TypeError – If the source has no URL.

unwrap()

Return the raw representation of the wrapped backend.

Returns:

The backend’s most raw available representation.

Return type:

Any