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Narkw Brahma

Narkw Brahma

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Python Requests Library Example Post

If you are trying to post data to a web server using Python, then the Requests library is an excellent choice. It is a popular Python library for making HTTP requests and it provides simple and elegant ways to perform various HTTP transactions such as GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.

Example POST Request using Python Requests Library

Here is an example of how to use the Requests library to make a POST request:


  import requests
  
  url = 'https://example.com/api/create-user'
  headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
  data = {
      'name': 'John Doe',
      'email': '[email protected]',
      'age': 25
  }
  
  response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data)
  print(response.status_code)
  print(response.json())

In this example, we are making a POST request to the URL 'https://example.com/api/create-user' with some JSON data. The JSON data contains the name, email and age of the user that we want to create.

We are also setting the Content-Type header to 'application/json', which tells the server that we are sending JSON data in the request body. Finally, we are using the requests.post() method to make the POST request and we are passing in the URL, headers and data as arguments.

The response variable contains the server's response to our request. We can access the status code of the response using the status_code attribute and we can access the response body (which is also in JSON format) using the json() method.

This is just one example of how to use the Requests library to make a POST request. There are many other ways to use this library to make different types of requests and to customize the requests with different headers, authentication methods, etc.

Additional Ways to Use Python Requests Library for POST Requests

  • You can also send form data instead of JSON data to the server using the data parameter instead of the json parameter.
  • You can set custom headers for your request using the headers parameter.
  • You can use the auth parameter to specify the authentication credentials for your request.
  • You can use the cookies parameter to send cookies along with your request.
  • You can use the proxies parameter to specify a proxy server through which your request should be sent.
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