HTTP GET Request with Error Handling Using urllib3

This function uses urllib3's PoolManager to make an HTTP GET request and returns the response data. If the request fails, it returns an error message.

Technology Stack : urllib3, HTTP GET request

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def fetch_random_resource(url, headers=None, timeout=5):
    from urllib3 import PoolManager, HTTPError

    try:
        with PoolManager(headers=headers) as http:
            response = http.request('GET', url, timeout=timeout)
            return response.data
    except HTTPError as e:
        return f"HTTP error occurred: {e}"
    except Exception as e:
        return f"An error occurred: {e}"