How to get entire size of request message in python?

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I am trying to see how many bytes were sent out to the server when making an HTTP request.

import requests

resp = requests.get("http://www.example.com")

print(resp.request)
>>> <PreparedRequest [GET]>

How can I get the number of bytes contained in <PreparedRequest [GET]> including any attached files, payloads, etc.

Asked By: AlanSTACK

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Answer 1

len(resp.content) should work !

Answered By: user14394194

Answer 2

I will answer my own question. Although it is not perfect and has several scenarios in which it fails to account for edge cases, it works for my needs.

def rlen(response):
    """
    approximate request size sent to server
    """
    len_of_meth = len(response.request.method)
    len_of_addr = len(response.request.url)
    len_of_head = len('rn'.join('{}{}'.format(k, v) for k, v in response.request.headers.items()))
    len_of_body = len(response.request.body if response.request.body else [])

    return len_of_meth + len_of_addr + len_of_head + len_of_body

Answered By: AlanSTACK

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