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Narkw Brahma

Narkw Brahma

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Python Requests POST HTML Form

If you are building a website or a web application, you will come across situations where you need to submit data from the client-side to the server-side. In such cases, you can use HTML forms to collect the data from the user and send it to the server. You can use Python requests module to send the form data to the server using HTTP POST method.

Submitting HTML Form using Python Requests module

You can submit an HTML form using the Python requests module by following these steps:

  • Import the requests module
  • Create a dictionary containing the form data
  • Send an HTTP POST request to the server along with the form data

Here's a code snippet that demonstrates how to submit an HTML form using Python requests module:


import requests

# Define form data
form_data = {
    'name': 'John',
    'email': '[email protected]',
    'message': 'Hello, World!'
}

# Send an HTTP POST request to the server
response = requests.post('http://example.com/submit-form', data=form_data)

# Print the response from the server
print(response.text)

In the above example, we have defined a dictionary containing the form data and sent an HTTP POST request to the server using the requests.post() method. We have also printed the response from the server.

Submitting HTML Form with File Upload using Python Requests module

If you need to submit a form that includes a file upload, you can use the Python requests module by following these steps:

  • Import the requests module
  • Create a dictionary containing the form data and the file to be uploaded
  • Send an HTTP POST request to the server along with the form data and the file

Here's a code snippet that demonstrates how to submit an HTML form with file upload using Python requests module:


import requests

# Define form data and file to be uploaded
form_data = {
    'name': 'John',
    'email': '[email protected]',
    'message': 'Hello, World!'
}
files = {'attachment': open('file.txt', 'rb')}

# Send an HTTP POST request to the server
response = requests.post('http://example.com/submit-form', data=form_data, files=files)

# Print the response from the server
print(response.text)

In the above example, we have defined a dictionary containing the form data and a file to be uploaded. We have sent an HTTP POST request to the server using the requests.post() method along with the form data and file. We have also printed the response from the server.

Conclusion

In this blog post, we have learned how to submit an HTML form using Python requests module. We have also learned how to submit a form with file upload using Python requests module. With these examples, you should be able to submit any HTML form using Python requests module.

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