How do I use `try-except` blocks effectively with the requests library to catch specific exceptions?

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How do I use `try-except` blocks effectively with the requests library to catch specific exceptions?
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Utilize `try-except` blocks to catch specific exceptions raised by the requests library, such as `requests.exceptions.RequestException` (a base class for all request-related exceptions), `requests.exceptions.ConnectionError`, `requests.exceptions.Timeout`, `requests.exceptions.HTTPError`, and `requests.exceptions.TooManyRedirects`. This allows you to handle different error scenarios appropriately, like retrying on connection errors, handling timeouts, and displaying user-friendly messages for HTTP errors. For example: `try: response = requests.get(url) response.raise_for_status() except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as err: ...`