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response.reason - Python requests

Last Updated : 12 Jul, 2025

response.reason

returns a text corresponding to the status code. for example,

for 200,

Not Found

for 404. Python requests are generally used to fetch the content from a particular resource URI. Whenever we make a request to a specified URI through Python, it returns a response object. Now, this response object would be used to access certain features such as content, headers, etc. This article revolves around how to check the

response.reason

out of a response object.

How to use response.reason using Python requests?

To illustrate use of response.reason, let's ping github.com and geeksforgeeks.org. To run this script, you need to have Python and requests installed on your PC.

Prerequisites -

Example code - Python3


 # import requests module
import requests

# Making a get request
response = requests.get('https://api.github.com/')

# print response
print(response)

# print the reason
print(response.reason)

# ping an incorrect url
response = requests.get('https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/ / naveen/')

# print response
print(response)

# print the reason now
print(response.reason)

Example Implementation -

Save above file as

request.py

and run using

Python request.py

Output -

Check that

and

Not Found

, it shows the text corresponding to a particular status_code.

Advanced Concepts

There are many libraries to make an HTTP request in Python, which are

, etc., but

is the one of the best with cool features. If any attribute of requests shows NULL, check the status code using below attribute.

requests.status_code

If status_code doesn't lie in range of 200-29. You probably need to check method begin used for making a request + the url you are requesting for resources.

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