---
title: get
summary: Send a GET request.
url: https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/compute/sdks/python/fastly_compute/requests/fn.get/
---

**Kind:** Function  
**Module:** [requests](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/compute/sdks/python/fastly_compute/requests/)  
**Package:** fastly-compute 0.1.3  
**Source:** https://github.com/fastly/compute-sdk-python/blob/2bffcc6d596a68bcc0b4342404641deff78e68f6/fastly_compute/requests/__init__.py#L97

```python
get(url: str, **kwargs: Unpack[RequestKwargs]) -> FastlyResponse
```

Send a GET request.

**Parameters**

- `url`: `str` — URL for the request. Can be a path (for static backends) or full URL (for dynamic)
- `**kwargs`: `Unpack[RequestKwargs]` (optional) — Additional arguments (for requests compatibility, ignored)

**Returns**

`FastlyResponse`

**Throws**

- [RequestException](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/compute/sdks/python/fastly_compute/requests/exceptions/class.RequestException/) — For general request errors
- [ConnectionError](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/compute/sdks/python/fastly_compute/requests/exceptions/class.ConnectionError/) — For connection-related errors
- [Timeout](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/compute/sdks/python/fastly_compute/requests/exceptions/class.Timeout/) — For timeout errors
- [ValueError](https://docs.python.org/3/library/exceptions.html#ValueError) — If both timeout and fastly_timeout are specified