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# handle_request

> Dispatch one HTTP request to the agent without a web framework.

[on-swml-request]: /docs/server-sdks/reference/python/agents/agent-base/on-swml-request

[register-routing-callback]: /docs/server-sdks/reference/python/agents/agent-base/register-routing-callback

[serverless]: /docs/server-sdks/reference/python/agents/agent-base/serverless

Dispatch a request over plain values instead of FastAPI objects. Performs proxy
detection, basic auth, the [routing callback][register-routing-callback] check,
and [`on_swml_request()`][on-swml-request] modification, then renders the SWML
document, mirroring the response the FastAPI routes produce for the same
request. Basic auth is always on: pass `basic_auth` to the constructor and send
a matching `Authorization` header, or the call returns `401`.

Use it to serve an agent from a framework the SDK has no adapter for. For the
supported serverless platforms, use
[`handle_serverless_request()`][serverless].

## Parameters

**`method`** `str` — required

HTTP method, such as `"GET"` or `"POST"`.

---

**`url`** `str` — required

The full request URL. Used for proxy detection and to match a registered
routing callback path.

---

**`headers`** `dict[str, Any]` — required

Request headers as a plain dictionary.

---

**`body`** `dict[str, Any] | None` — default: None

The already-parsed JSON body for `POST` requests.

---

## Returns

`tuple[int, dict[str, Any], str]` -- `(status_code, response_headers, body)`.

* `200` with the SWML document as a JSON string.
* `307` with a `Location` header and an empty body when a routing callback
  returned a destination.
* `401` with `WWW-Authenticate: Basic` and a JSON error when basic auth fails.

## Example

```python {9-17}
import base64
import json
from signalwire import AgentBase

agent = AgentBase(name="dispatch", route="/dispatch", basic_auth=("dispatch", "s3cret"))
agent.set_prompt_text("You are Ada, the dispatcher for Bayview Taxi.")

credentials = base64.b64encode(b"dispatch:s3cret").decode()
status, headers, body = agent.handle_request(
    "POST",
    "https://bayview-taxi.example.com/dispatch",
    {
        "content-type": "application/json",
        "authorization": f"Basic {credentials}",
    },
    {"call": {"call_id": "abc-123"}},
)
print(status, json.loads(body)["sections"]["main"][0])
```

> Dispatch one HTTP request to the agent without a web framework.