How To Install python3-httpx on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-httpx on Kali Linux. python3-httpx is next generation HTTP client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-httpx on Kali Linux.

What is python3-httpx

python3-httpx is:

HTTPX is a fully featured HTTP client for Python 3, which provides sync and async APIs, and support for both HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2.

HTTPX is a high performance asynchronous HTTP client, that builds on the well-established usability of requests, and gives you:

  • A broadly requests-compatible API.
  • Standard synchronous interface, but with async support if you need it.
  • HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 support.
  • Ability to make requests directly to WSGI applications or ASGI applications.
  • Strict timeouts everywhere.
  • Fully type annotated.
  • 99% test coverage.

Plus all the standard features of requests:

  • International Domains and URLs
  • Keep-Alive & Connection Pooling
  • Sessions with Cookie Persistence
  • Browser-style SSL Verification
  • Basic/Digest Authentication
  • Elegant Key/Value Cookies
  • Automatic Decompression
  • Automatic Content Decoding
  • Unicode Response Bodies
  • Multipart File Uploads
  • HTTP(S) Proxy Support
  • Connection Timeouts
  • Streaming Downloads
  • .netrc Support
  • Chunked Requests

There are three methods to install python3-httpx on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python3-httpx Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-httpx using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-httpx

Install python3-httpx Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-httpx using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-httpx

Install python3-httpx Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-httpx using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-httpx

How To Uninstall python3-httpx on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-httpx package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-httpx

Uninstall python3-httpx And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-httpx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-httpx

Remove python3-httpx Configurations and Data

To remove python3-httpx configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-httpx

Remove python3-httpx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-httpx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-httpx

Dependencies

python3-httpx have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-httpx package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.