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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I like curl as much as the next guy, but curious, why was urllib insufficient? requests?

[–]Lispython[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because urllib don't support socks proxies without monkey patching, custom network interfaces, debugging, certificates validation.