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python requests post print response

Narkw Brahma

Narkw Brahma

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Python Requests POST Print Response

When working with web applications, it is common to need to interact with a server using HTTP requests. Python's requests library simplifies this process, allowing us to easily make HTTP requests and handle the responses.

Using requests.post()

If we want to send a POST request to a server using requests, we can use the requests.post() function. This function takes two arguments: the URL we want to send the request to, and any data we want to include in the request.

Let's say we want to send a POST request to a server and print the response. Here's an example:


import requests

url = 'https://example.com/api'
data = {'key': 'value'}

response = requests.post(url, data=data)

print(response.text)

In this example, we're sending a POST request to https://example.com/api with some data. We then store the response in a variable called response, and print the text of the response using response.text.

Printing the Response HTML in a DIV Tag with Syntax Highlighting

If we want to print the HTML of the response in a <div> tag with syntax highlighting, we can use the highlight.js library.

To use highlight.js, we need to include its CSS and JavaScript files in our HTML file:


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/11.2.0/styles/default.min.css" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/11.2.0/highlight.min.js"></script>
    <script>hljs.initHighlightingOnLoad();</script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="response"></div>
</body>
</html>

Now, in our Python code, we can use the response.content attribute to get the raw HTML of the response. We can then print this HTML in a <div> tag with the appropriate syntax highlighting:


import requests

url = 'https://example.com/api'
data = {'key': 'value'}

response = requests.post(url, data=data)

html = response.content.decode('utf-8')
html_with_syntax_highlighting = '<pre><code class="html">' + html + '</code></pre>'

print(html_with_syntax_highlighting)

In this example, we're decoding the response content using UTF-8, and storing it in a variable called html. We're then adding syntax highlighting to the HTML using <pre><code class="html"> and </code></pre>, and storing it in a variable called html_with_syntax_highlighting.

Note that we're not actually printing the HTML in this example - we're just storing it in a variable. To print it, we would need to modify the code to insert it into the <div> tag using JavaScript.

Alternative Method: Using f-strings and HTML Escape Characters

Another way to print the response HTML in a <div> tag is to use f-strings and HTML escape characters. This method doesn't require any external libraries.


import requests
import html

url = 'https://example.com/api'
data = {'key': 'value'}

response = requests.post(url, data=data)

html = response.content.decode('utf-8')
html_with_escape_chars = html.escape(html)

div = f'<div id="response">{html_with_escape_chars}</div>'

print(div)

In this example, we're decoding the response content using UTF-8, and storing it in a variable called html. We're then escaping the HTML using the html.escape() function, and storing it in a variable called html_with_escape_chars. Finally, we're using f-strings to insert the escaped HTML into a <div> tag, and storing the result in a variable called div.

Note that this method won't provide syntax highlighting - it just escapes the HTML so that it can be safely printed in a <div> tag.

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