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raecer
raecer

Reputation: 195

Python POST encoding and formatting

I'm sending a POST request using urllib with Python.

I used Charles to see the POST that usually gets sent and now i'm trying to send the same thing using urllib.

This is what should be sent according to charles:

{"stuff_values":{"description":"This is description","somestuff":[{"thing":"hello","title":"i love cookies"}]}}

This is what i'm sending:

stuff_values=%7B%27description%27%3A+%27This+is+description%27%2C+%27somestuff%27%3A+%5B%7B%27thing%27%3A+%27hello%27%2C+%27title%27%3A+%27i+love+cookies%27%7D%5D%7D

This is part of my code:

values = {
"stuff_values":{
"description":"this is description",
"somestuff" : [{"thing":"hello",
"title":"i love cookies"}]}
}

data = urllib.parse.urlencode(values)
data = data.encode('ascii')
req = urllib.request.Request(url, data, headers = headers)

Could someone help me figure this out? I'm guessing i have a problem with the encoding part but also with formatting the rest properly.

Thank you for your time!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 36

Answers (1)

ErikR
ErikR

Reputation: 52039

Try:

data = str(values)

instead. urlencode is converting certain characters to %xx escapes.

Upvotes: 1

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