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Adds one urllib.request helper that GETs or POSTs JSON.

Skill by YauhenBichel

IndexedApache-2.0★ 3
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Adds one urllib.request helper that GETs or POSTs JSON. Use for HTTP API, REST, curl-shaped fetches. Never emit curl or a pipe to sh.

Use cases: backend

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What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md. Checked Oct 25, 2026.

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What's inside

Skill name
call-http
Description
Adds one urllib.request helper that GETs or POSTs JSON. Use for HTTP API, REST, curl-shaped fetches. Never emit curl or a pipe to sh.
License
Apache-2.0
Instructions
22 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub

Before installing

  • Instructions call the network

Files (1)

  • SKILL.md

SKILL.md (first lines)

stdlib urllib only. Timeout. Raise on HTTP errors. No curl. No secrets.

Action: edit
Path: pkg/fetch_json.py
import json
import urllib.error
import urllib.request
from typing import Any


def fetch_json(url: str, timeout: float = 10.0) -> dict[str, Any]:
    request = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"accept": "application/json"})
    try:
        with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=timeout) as response:
            payload = json.loads(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
    except urllib.error.HTTPError as exc:
        raise ValueError(f"HTTP {exc.code} for {url}") from exc
    if not isinstance(payload, dict):
        raise ValueError("json object required")
    return payload

From YauhenBichel/py-harness, Apache-2.0.

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Last commit (this folder)
Aug 29, 2026 (2 months ago)
Last release
Sep 9, 2026 (1 month ago)

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Details

License
Apache-2.0
Repository
github.com/YauhenBichel/py-harness
Website
yauhenbichel.github.io/py-harness/
First seen
Oct 24, 2026
Last checked
Oct 24, 2026
Source
GitHubgithub-graphql

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call-http skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/yauhenbichel-call-http (last updated 2026-10-24)