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Handy tools for working with URLs and APIs.

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* - Docs
  - |docs| |docs_check|
* - Tests
  - |actions_linux| |actions_windows| |actions_macos| |coveralls|
* - PyPI
  - |pypi-version| |supported-versions| |supported-implementations| |wheel|
* - Anaconda
  - |conda-version| |conda-platform|
* - Activity
  - |commits-latest| |commits-since| |maintained| |pypi-downloads|
* - QA
  - |codefactor| |actions_flake8| |actions_mypy|
* - Other
  - |license| |language| |requires|

.. |docs| image:: https://img.shields.io/readthedocs/apeye/latest?logo=read-the-docs :target: https://apeye.readthedocs.io/en/latest :alt: Documentation Build Status

.. |docs_check| image:: https://github.com/domdfcoding/apeye/workflows/Docs%20Check/badge.svg :target: https://github.com/domdfcoding/apeye/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Docs+Check%22 :alt: Docs Check Status

.. |actions_linux| image:: https://github.com/domdfcoding/apeye/workflows/Linux/badge.svg :target: https://github.com/domdfcoding/apeye/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Linux%22 :alt: Linux Test Status

.. |actions_windows| image:: https://github.com/domdfcoding/apeye/workflows/Windows/badge.svg :target: https://github.com/domdfcoding/apeye/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Windows%22 :alt: Windows Test Status

.. |actions_macos| image:: https://github.com/domdfcoding/apeye/workflows/macOS/badge.svg :target: https://github.com/domdfcoding/apeye/actions?query=workflow%3A%22macOS%22 :alt: macOS Test Status

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.. |actions_mypy| image:: https://github.com/domdfcoding/apeye/workflows/mypy/badge.svg :target: https://github.com/domdfcoding/apeye/actions?query=workflow%3A%22mypy%22 :alt: mypy status

.. |requires| image:: https://dependency-dash.repo-helper.uk/github/domdfcoding/apeye/badge.svg :target: https://dependency-dash.repo-helper.uk/github/domdfcoding/apeye/ :alt: Requirements Status

.. |coveralls| image:: https://img.shields.io/coveralls/github/domdfcoding/apeye/master?logo=coveralls :target: https://coveralls.io/github/domdfcoding/apeye?branch=master :alt: Coverage

.. |codefactor| image:: https://img.shields.io/codefactor/grade/github/domdfcoding/apeye?logo=codefactor :target: https://www.codefactor.io/repository/github/domdfcoding/apeye :alt: CodeFactor Grade

.. |pypi-version| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/apeye :target: https://pypi.org/project/apeye/ :alt: PyPI - Package Version

.. |supported-versions| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/apeye?logo=python&logoColor=white :target: https://pypi.org/project/apeye/ :alt: PyPI - Supported Python Versions

.. |supported-implementations| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/implementation/apeye :target: https://pypi.org/project/apeye/ :alt: PyPI - Supported Implementations

.. |wheel| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/wheel/apeye :target: https://pypi.org/project/apeye/ :alt: PyPI - Wheel

.. |conda-version| image:: https://img.shields.io/conda/v/domdfcoding/apeye?logo=anaconda :target: https://anaconda.org/domdfcoding/apeye :alt: Conda - Package Version

.. |conda-platform| image:: https://img.shields.io/conda/pn/domdfcoding/apeye?label=conda%7Cplatform :target: https://anaconda.org/domdfcoding/apeye :alt: Conda - Platform

.. |license| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/license/domdfcoding/apeye :target: https://github.com/domdfcoding/apeye/blob/master/LICENSE :alt: License

.. |language| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/languages/top/domdfcoding/apeye :alt: GitHub top language

.. |commits-since| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/domdfcoding/apeye/v1.4.1 :target: https://github.com/domdfcoding/apeye/pulse :alt: GitHub commits since tagged version

.. |commits-latest| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/domdfcoding/apeye :target: https://github.com/domdfcoding/apeye/commit/master :alt: GitHub last commit

.. |maintained| image:: https://img.shields.io/maintenance/yes/2025 :alt: Maintenance

.. |pypi-downloads| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/apeye :target: https://pypi.org/project/apeye/ :alt: PyPI - Downloads

.. end shields

apeye provides:

• pathlib.Path-like objects to represent URLs
• a JSON-backed cache decorator for functions
• a CacheControl_ adapter to limit the rate of requests

See the documentation_ for more details.

.. _CacheControl: https://github.com/ionrock/cachecontrol .. _the documentation: https://apeye.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/cache.html

.. start installation

apeye can be installed from PyPI or Anaconda.

To install with pip:

.. code-block:: bash

$ python -m pip install apeye

To install with conda:

* First add the required channels

.. code-block:: bash

	$ conda config --add channels https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge
	$ conda config --add channels https://conda.anaconda.org/domdfcoding

* Then install

.. code-block:: bash

	$ conda install apeye

.. end installation

.. attention::

In v0.9.0 and above the ``rate_limiter`` module requires the ``limiter`` extra to be installed:

.. code-block:: bash

	$ python -m pip install apeye[limiter]