Python library “Requests” needs you to test type hints

Requests is a popular HTTP client library available on the Python Package Index (PyPI). Sitting in the top 10 packages by downloads on PyPI, this library is used by many, many projects. This library is known for its user-friendly and ergonomic API for HTTP requests and responses. However, the API implementation can sometimes confuse static analysis tools like IDEs or type checkers, causing issues for users. Requests maintainer Nate Prewitt is planning to add support for type hints to Requests in the next three months. Right now the feature is available as a development branch but will later be published to PyPI as a pre-release version. The goal is to find and fix issues before rolling the change out to users to avoid unnecessary breakage. What can you do to help? Shipping large changes to codebases this popular is difficult without breaking users. This is where you come in: Requests needs your help! If your project or application uses Requests as a dependency, try installing and runni