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+SUMMARY="HTTP library for human beings"
+DESCRIPTION="
+	Requests is an Apache2 Licensed HTTP library, written in Python, \
+	for human beings.
+"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	http://python-requests.org/
+	http://pypi.python.org/pypi/requests
+	"
+SRC_URI="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/r/requests/requests-2.3.0.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="1c1473875d846fe563d70868acf05b1953a4472f4695b7b3566d1d978957b8fc"
+LICENSE="Apache v2"
+COPYRIGHT="2014 Kenneth Reitz"
+REVISION="1"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="x86 x86_gcc2 x86_64"
+
+SOURCE_DIR="requests-$portVersion"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	python_requests = $portVersion
+	"
+
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku >= $haikuVersion
+	cmd:python
+	# actually has its own copy...
+	#ca_root_certificates
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	"
+
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:python
+	cmd:gcc
+	"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	$portPackageLinksDir/cmd~python/bin/python setup.py build
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	# GENERIC: all python_setuptools-based installs need this
+	python=$portPackageLinksDir/cmd~python/bin/python
+	pythonVersion=$($python --version 2>&1 | sed 's/Python //' | head -c3)
+	installLocation=$prefix/lib/python$pythonVersion/vendor-packages/
+	export PYTHONPATH=$installLocation:$PYTHONPATH
+	mkdir -p $installLocation
+
+	$python setup.py install \
+		--prefix=$prefix
+}