2 files changed, 42 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/gitlab/_backends/protocol.py b/gitlab/_backends/protocol.py
index f89740b..3f8af3d 100644
--- a/gitlab/_backends/protocol.py
+++ b/gitlab/_backends/protocol.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import abc
 import sys
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Union
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterator, Optional, Union
 
 import requests
 from requests_toolbelt.multipart.encoder import MultipartEncoder  # type: ignore
@@ -18,6 +18,18 @@ class BackendResponse(Protocol):
 
 
 class Backend(Protocol):
+    @staticmethod
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def response_content(
+        response: requests.Response,
+        streamed: bool,
+        action: Optional[Callable[[bytes], None]],
+        chunk_size: int,
+        *,
+        iterator: bool,
+    ) -> Optional[Union[bytes, Iterator[Any]]]:
+        ...
+
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def http_request(
         self,
diff --git a/gitlab/_backends/requests_backend.py b/gitlab/_backends/requests_backend.py
index fd40baa..45592ee 100644
--- a/gitlab/_backends/requests_backend.py
+++ b/gitlab/_backends/requests_backend.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Tuple, TYPE_CHECKING, Union
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterator, Optional, Tuple, TYPE_CHECKING, Union
 
 import requests
 from requests.structures import CaseInsensitiveDict
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ from requests_toolbelt.multipart.encoder import MultipartEncoder  # type: ignore
 from . import protocol
 
 
+class _StdoutStream:
+    def __call__(self, chunk: Any) -> None:
+        print(chunk)
+
+
 class RequestsResponse(protocol.BackendResponse):
     def __init__(self, response: requests.Response) -> None:
         self._response: requests.Response = response
@@ -77,6 +82,29 @@ class RequestsBackend(protocol.Backend):
 
         return (post_data, None, "application/json")
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def response_content(
+        response: requests.Response,
+        streamed: bool,
+        action: Optional[Callable[[bytes], None]],
+        chunk_size: int,
+        *,
+        iterator: bool,
+    ) -> Optional[Union[bytes, Iterator[Any]]]:
+        if iterator:
+            return response.iter_content(chunk_size=chunk_size)
+
+        if streamed is False:
+            return response.content
+
+        if action is None:
+            action = _StdoutStream()
+
+        for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=chunk_size):
+            if chunk:
+                action(chunk)
+        return None
+
     def http_request(
         self,
         method: str,