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Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: multidict
Version: 6.1.0
Summary: multidict implementation
Author: Andrew Svetlov
Author-email: andrew.svetlov@gmail.com
License: Apache 2
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13
Requires-Python: >=3.8
Description-Content-Type: text/x-rst
License-File: LICENSE
Requires-Dist: typing-extensions >=4.1.0 ; python_version < "3.11"
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multidict
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Multidict is dict-like collection of *key-value pairs* where key
might occur more than once in the container.
Introduction
------------
*HTTP Headers* and *URL query string* require specific data structure:
*multidict*. It behaves mostly like a regular ``dict`` but it may have
several *values* for the same *key* and *preserves insertion ordering*.
The *key* is ``str`` (or ``istr`` for case-insensitive dictionaries).
``multidict`` has four multidict classes:
``MultiDict``, ``MultiDictProxy``, ``CIMultiDict``
and ``CIMultiDictProxy``.
Immutable proxies (``MultiDictProxy`` and
``CIMultiDictProxy``) provide a dynamic view for the
proxied multidict, the view reflects underlying collection changes. They
implement the ``collections.abc.Mapping`` interface.
Regular mutable (``MultiDict`` and ``CIMultiDict``) classes
implement ``collections.abc.MutableMapping`` and allows them to change
their own content.
*Case insensitive* (``CIMultiDict`` and
``CIMultiDictProxy``) assume the *keys* are case
insensitive, e.g.::
>>> dct = CIMultiDict(key='val')
>>> 'Key' in dct
True
>>> dct['Key']
'val'
*Keys* should be ``str`` or ``istr`` instances.
The library has optional C Extensions for speed.
License
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Apache 2
Library Installation
--------------------
.. code-block:: bash
$ pip install multidict
The library is Python 3 only!
PyPI contains binary wheels for Linux, Windows and MacOS. If you want to install
``multidict`` on another operating system (or *Alpine Linux* inside a Docker) the
tarball will be used to compile the library from source. It requires a C compiler and
Python headers to be installed.
To skip the compilation, please use the `MULTIDICT_NO_EXTENSIONS` environment variable,
e.g.:
.. code-block:: bash
$ MULTIDICT_NO_EXTENSIONS=1 pip install multidict
Please note, the pure Python (uncompiled) version is about 20-50 times slower depending on
the usage scenario!!!
Changelog
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