import requests

import json

import time

def flatten_http_response(url, timeout=10):

"""

Flattens the structure of an HTTP response for development purposes.

Includes a timeout to prevent indefinite waiting.

"""

try:

response = requests.get(url, timeout=timeout)

response.raise_for_status() # Raise HTTPError for bad responses (4xx or 5xx)

# Attempt to parse the response as JSON

try:

data = response.json()

except json.JSONDecodeError:

data = response.text # if not JSON, use text

# Flatten the structure recursively

def flatten(obj, prefix=""):

flattened = {}

if isinstance(obj, dict):

for k, v in obj.items():

new_prefix = prefix + k + "_" if prefix else k + "_"

flattened.update(flatten(v, new_prefix))

elif isinstance(obj, list):

for i, v in enumerate(obj):

new_prefix = prefix + str(i) + "_"

flattened.update(flatten(v, new_prefix))

else:

flattened[prefix[:-1]] = obj # remove trailing underscore

return flattened

flattened_data = flatten(data)

return flattened_data

except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:

print(f"Request error: {e}")

return None

except Exception as e:

print(f"An unexpected error occurred: {e}")

return None

if __name__ == '__main__':

# Example usage

url = "https://httpbin.org/json" # A test URL that returns JSON

flattened_response = flatten_http_response(url)

if flattened_response:

print(json.dumps(flattened_response, indent=4))