feature request: use this package without change old code

[trim21]

We want to try niquests in our code, but it will install urllib3.future and it will override some files from official urllib3 package. Which may cause some unexpected effect on our existing code.

Is there a way to use this package with requests, without interfering urllib3?

[Ousret]

Unfortunately, at the time being, we cannot do this by default. For reasons explained in https://github.com/jawah/urllib3.future?tab=readme-ov-file#notes--frequently-asked-questions and https://niquests.readthedocs.io/en/latest/community/faq.html#what-is-urllib3-future and jawah/urllib3.future#91

Your options are as follow:

• https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/cli/pip_install/#cmdoption-no-binary
  • URLLIB3_NO_OVERRIDE=true pip install niquests --no-binary urllib3-future at the price to lose the high compat between Requests and Niquests (extensions, etc...)
• Or section How can I restore urllib3 to the "legacy" version? in urllib3-future README

Finally, I would argue that:

• urllib3-future has a better compatibility range than its predecessor (Python 3.7 and OpenSSL <1.1.1 supported)
• urllib3-future is thoroughly tested against software than deeply interact with urllib3 internals https://github.com/jawah/urllib3.future/actions/runs/10463745326
• urllib3-future solve issues in often less than 48 hours
• urllib3 did break things several times like there, and it's not going to stop anytime soon with what is coming.

regards,