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Narkw Brahma

Narkw Brahma

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Python Requests Post Octet-Stream

If you are working with APIs, you might have come across the requirement of sending files in the request body. This is where the 'application/octet-stream' media type comes into play. It is used to represent arbitrary binary data.

Sending a File Using 'application/octet-stream'

Python Requests module can be used to send requests in Python. To send a file using 'application/octet-stream', you need to:

  • Open the file in binary mode
  • Read the binary content of the file
  • Create a requests.post() call with file data in the body

The following code demonstrates how to send a file using 'application/octet-stream' using Python Requests module:


import requests

# Open the file in binary mode
with open('example.pdf', 'rb') as f:
    # Read the binary content of the file
    file_data = f.read()

# Create a requests.post() call with file data in the body
response = requests.post('https://example.com/upload',
              data=file_data,
              headers={'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream'})

print(response.status_code)

Using Other Libraries to Send 'application/octet-stream' Data

Although Python Requests is a widely used library for sending HTTP requests, you can also use other libraries like httplib or urllib to send 'application/octet-stream' data.

The following code demonstrates how to send a file using 'application/octet-stream' using Python's built-in 'urllib' module:


import urllib.request

# Open the file in binary mode
with open('example.pdf', 'rb') as f:
    # Read the binary content of the file
    file_data = f.read()

# Create a urllib request with file data in the body
req = urllib.request.Request('https://example.com/upload', data=file_data)
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream')

response = urllib.request.urlopen(req)
print(response.status)
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