text() — requests Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the text() function in models.py from the requests codebase.

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graph TD
  682e5576_9766_d5c5_82ae_492cf5a9ca16["text()"]
  eb32847e_3797_d01a_6e44_345e9ea7e251["Response"]
  682e5576_9766_d5c5_82ae_492cf5a9ca16 -->|defined in| eb32847e_3797_d01a_6e44_345e9ea7e251
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Source Code

src/requests/models.py lines 912–947

    def text(self):
        """Content of the response, in unicode.

        If Response.encoding is None, encoding will be guessed using
        ``charset_normalizer`` or ``chardet``.

        The encoding of the response content is determined based solely on HTTP
        headers, following RFC 2616 to the letter. If you can take advantage of
        non-HTTP knowledge to make a better guess at the encoding, you should
        set ``r.encoding`` appropriately before accessing this property.
        """

        # Try charset from content-type
        content = None
        encoding = self.encoding

        if not self.content:
            return ""

        # Fallback to auto-detected encoding.
        if self.encoding is None:
            encoding = self.apparent_encoding

        # Decode unicode from given encoding.
        try:
            content = str(self.content, encoding, errors="replace")
        except (LookupError, TypeError):
            # A LookupError is raised if the encoding was not found which could
            # indicate a misspelling or similar mistake.
            #
            # A TypeError can be raised if encoding is None
            #
            # So we try blindly encoding.
            content = str(self.content, errors="replace")

        return content