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+from kivy.lang import Builder
+from kivy.app import App
+from kivy.network.urlrequest import UrlRequest
+from kivy.properties import NumericProperty, StringProperty, DictProperty
+
+import json
+
+
+KV = '''
+#:import json json
+#:import C kivy.utils.get_color_from_hex
+
+BoxLayout:
+    orientation: 'vertical'
+    Label:
+        text: 'see https://httpbin.org for more information'
+
+    TextInput:
+        id: ti
+        hint_text: 'type url or select from dropdown'
+        size_hint_y: None
+        height: 48
+        multiline: False
+        foreground_color:
+            (
+            C('000000')
+            if (self.text).startswith('http') else
+            C('FF2222')
+            )
+
+    BoxLayout:
+        size_hint_y: None
+        height: 48
+        Spinner:
+            id: spinner
+            text: 'select'
+            values:
+                [
+                'http://httpbin.org/ip',
+                'http://httpbin.org/user-agent',
+                'http://httpbin.org/headers',
+                'http://httpbin.org/delay/3',
+                'http://httpbin.org/image/jpeg',
+                'http://httpbin.org/image/png',
+                'https://httpbin.org/delay/3',
+                'https://httpbin.org/image/jpeg',
+                'https://httpbin.org/image/png',
+                ]
+            on_text: ti.text = self.text
+
+        Button:
+            text: 'GET'
+            on_press: app.fetch_content(ti.text)
+            disabled: not (ti.text).startswith('http')
+            size_hint_x: None
+            width: 50
+
+    Label:
+        text: str(app.status)
+
+    TextInput:
+        readonly: True
+        text: app.result_text
+
+    Image:
+        source: app.result_image
+        nocache: True
+
+    TextInput
+        readonly: True
+        text: json.dumps(app.headers, indent=2)
+'''
+
+class UrlExample(App):
+    status = NumericProperty()
+    result_text = StringProperty()
+    result_image = StringProperty()
+    headers = DictProperty()
+
+    def build(self):
+        return Builder.load_string(KV)
+
+    def fetch_content(self, url):
+        self.cleanup()
+        UrlRequest(
+            url,
+            on_success=self.on_success,
+            on_failure=self.on_failure,
+            on_error=self.on_error
+        )
+
+    def cleanup(self):
+        self.result_text = ''
+        self.result_image = ''
+        self.status = 0
+        self.headers = {}
+
+    def on_success(self, req, result):
+        self.cleanup()
+        headers = req.resp_headers
+        content_type = headers.get('content-type', headers.get('Content-Type'))
+        if content_type.startswith('image/'):
+            fn = 'tmpfile.{}'.format(content_type.split('/')[1])
+            with open(fn, 'wb') as f:
+                f.write(result)
+            self.result_image = fn
+        else:
+            if isinstance(result, dict):
+                self.result_text = json.dumps(result, indent=2)
+            else:
+                self.result_text = result
+        self.status = req.resp_status
+        self.headers = headers
+
+    def on_failure(self, req, result):
+        self.cleanup()
+        self.result_text = result
+        self.status = req.resp_status
+        self.headers = req.resp_headers
+
+    def on_error(self, req, result):
+        self.cleanup()
+        self.result_text = str(result)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    UrlExample().run()