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 Niquests allows you to send HTTP requests extremely easily. There’s no need to manually add query strings to your URLs, or to form-encode your `PUT` & `POST` data — just use the `json` method!
 
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 This project does not require any compilation toolchain. The HTTP/3 support is not enforced and installed if your platform can support it natively _(e.g. pre-built wheel available)_.