#!/usr/bin/env python3

import argparse

import asyncio

import aiohttp

async def curl(url):

async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:

async with session.request('GET', url) as response:

print(repr(response))

chunk = await response.content.read()

print('Downloaded: %s' % len(chunk))

if __name__ == '__main__':

ARGS = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="GET url example")

ARGS.add_argument('url', nargs=1, metavar='URL',

help="URL to download")

ARGS.add_argument('--iocp', default=False, action="store_true",

help="Use ProactorEventLoop on Windows")

options = ARGS.parse_args()

if options.iocp:

from asyncio import events, windows_events

el = windows_events.ProactorEventLoop()

events.set_event_loop(el)

loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()

loop.run_until_complete(curl(options.url[0]))