#!/usr/bin/env python3 import argparse import asyncio import sys import aiohttp async def curl(url): async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session: async with session.request("GET", url) as response: print(repr(response)) chunk = await response.content.read() print("Downloaded: %s" % len(chunk)) if __name__ == "__main__": ARGS = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="GET url example") ARGS.add_argument("url", nargs=1, metavar="URL", help="URL to download") ARGS.add_argument( "--iocp", default=False, action="store_true", help="Use ProactorEventLoop on Windows", ) options = ARGS.parse_args() if options.iocp and sys.platform == "win32": from asyncio import events, windows_events # https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/12286 el = windows_events.ProactorEventLoop() # type: ignore[attr-defined] events.set_event_loop(el) loop = asyncio.get_event_loop() loop.run_until_complete(curl(options.url[0]))