urllib3.contrib.appengine

This module provides a pool manager that uses Google App Engine's `URLFetch Service <https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/python/urlfetch>`_. Example usage:: from urllib3 import PoolManager from urllib3.contrib.appengine import AppEngineManager, is_appengine_sandbox if is_appengine_sandbox(): # AppEngineManager uses AppEngine's URLFetch API behind the scenes http = AppEngineManager() else: # PoolManager uses a socket-level API behind the scenes http = PoolManager() r = http.request('GET', 'https://google.com/') There are `limitations <https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/python/urlfetch/#Python_Quotas_and_limits>`_ to the URLFetch service and it may not be the best choice for your application. There are three options for using urllib3 on Google App Engine: 1. You can use :class:`AppEngineManager` with URLFetch. URLFetch is cost-effective in many circumstances as long as your usage is within the limitations. 2. You can use a normal :class:`~urllib3.PoolManager` by enabling sockets. Sockets also have `limitations and restrictions <https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/python/sockets/ #limitations-and-restrictions>`_ and have a lower free quota than URLFetch. To use sockets, be sure to specify the following in your ``app.yaml``:: env_variables: GAE_USE_SOCKETS_HTTPLIB : 'true' 3. If you are using `App Engine Flexible <https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/flexible/>`_, you can use the standard :class:`PoolManager` without any configuration or special environment variables.