Expect

Note: introduced in 0.7.0.

The :expect plugin enables sending the Expect: 100-continue header on all requests that typically have a request body (POST, PATCH…).

httpx already supported the flow when the user would pass the header manually, however, this plugin adds the following features on top of it:

• It resends the request without the Expect header if the server responds with 417 Expectation Failed.
• It sends the body after the number of seconds defined in the :expect_timeout option (default: 2) if no 100 continue response is received.

:expect_timeout

You can set how long (in seconds) you want to wait for the 100 Continue response before sending the body. This is similar to what cURL does in such cases.

:expect_threshold_size

When set, it means: the byte size threshold until which the Expect header won’t be sent. This option is here if your requests are so small that using Expect only adds latency, however, you’d like to enable it when uploading big files.

HTTPX.plugin(:expect, expect_timeout: 10).post(....

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