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 **Get started** by looking over the [guides](https://hyper.rs/guides).
 
+**Hyper is a relatively low-level library, if you are looking for simple high-level HTTP client, then you may wish to consider [reqwest](https://github.com/seanmonstar/reqwest), which is built on top of this library.**
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 ## Overview
 
 hyper is a fast, safe HTTP implementation written in and for Rust.