Response content too large

Response too large

$ python -c "import requests; len(requests.get('https://big.example.com/blob').content)"
# May raise MemoryError or cause process to be killed

Why this happens

Loading very large bodies into memory can cause MemoryError or OOM kills.

Fix

• Stream and process in chunks with stream=True.

Wrong code

import requests
content = requests.get("https://big.example.com/blob").content
print(len(content))

Fixed code

import requests
with requests.get("https://big.example.com/blob", stream=True) as r:
    r.raise_for_status()
    for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=1024 * 1024):
        # process chunk
        pass