pypa/pip · error · HTTPRangeRequestUnsupported

range request is not supported

Error message

range request is not supported

What it means

Error "range request is not supported" thrown in pypa/pip.

Source

Thrown at src/pip/_internal/network/lazy_wheel.py:67

    which is supposed to be fed to ZipFile.  If such requests are not
    supported by the server, raise HTTPRangeRequestUnsupported
    during initialization.
    """

    def __init__(
        self, url: str, session: PipSession, chunk_size: int = CONTENT_CHUNK_SIZE
    ) -> None:
        head = session.head(url, headers=HEADERS)
        raise_for_status(head)
        assert head.status_code == 200
        self._session, self._url, self._chunk_size = session, url, chunk_size
        self._length = int(head.headers["Content-Length"])
        self._file = NamedTemporaryFile()
        self.truncate(self._length)
        self._left: list[int] = []
        self._right: list[int] = []
        if "bytes" not in head.headers.get("Accept-Ranges", "none"):
            raise HTTPRangeRequestUnsupported("range request is not supported")
        self._check_zip()

    @property
    def mode(self) -> str:
        """Opening mode, which is always rb."""
        return "rb"

    @property
    def name(self) -> str:
        """Path to the underlying file."""
        return self._file.name

    def seekable(self) -> bool:
        """Return whether random access is supported, which is True."""
        return True

    def close(self) -> None:
        """Close the file."""

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/pip/_internal/network/lazy_wheel.py:67 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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