Send a HTTP GET request using socket in Python 3

http_get.py

#!/bin/env/python3
# https://gist.github.com/EONRaider/d6041f6c5845f9b8e726bed33d09c6c6
__author__ = 'EONRaider, keybase.io/eonraider'
  
from socket import socket


def get_request(hostname: str, path: str = None, port: int = 80,
		encoding: str = 'utf_8'):
	path = path if path is not None else '/'
	with socket() as sock:
        	request = f'GET {path} HTTP/1.1\r\n'
			  f'host:{hostname}\r\n\r\n'
        	sock.connect((hostname, port))
        	sock.send(request.encode(encoding))
        	response = b''.join(chunk for chunk in 
				    iter(lambda: sock.recv(24), b''))
        	return response.decode(encoding)


if __name__ == '__main__':
	response = get_request('target_host')
	print(response)