How to use py-requests in alpine linux docker?

Question

I built a python app that ran happily in its docker container until I added some http calls.. Using the library 'requests.' I did some research and alpine linux 3.7 has a library called 'py-requests'.. Only I can't seem to install this on my own system, to change my code to use it, and errors are thrown just leaving 'import requests' in my code. Py-pip doesn't seem to work either.

Answer 1

I couldn't use pip install because I was blocked by a corporate firewall. I added --proxy mycompanyproxy.com:80 --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org to my dockerfile's pip install command and was able to get what I needed. Thanks for commenting, and sorry for the vagueness, I am a noob :)