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Narkw Brahma

Narkw Brahma

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Python Requests Post UTF-8

As a developer, I have used the Python Requests library to make HTTP requests. One thing I came across was how to handle UTF-8 characters when making a POST request with Requests.

Using the data parameter

The easiest way to handle UTF-8 characters when making a POST request with Requests is to use the data parameter. This parameter takes a dictionary of key-value pairs, and Requests automatically encodes the values as UTF-8. Here's an example:


import requests

url = 'https://www.example.com/api'
data = {'name': 'Jérôme'}
response = requests.post(url, data=data)

print(response.text)

Encoding manually

If you need more control over encoding, you can manually encode the data before passing it to Requests. Here's an example:


import requests

url = 'https://www.example.com/api'
data = {'name': 'Jérôme'}
encoded_data = {k: v.encode('utf-8') for k, v in data.items()}
response = requests.post(url, data=encoded_data)

print(response.text)

Using the json parameter

If you're sending JSON data in the request body, you can use the json parameter instead of data. The json parameter takes a Python object, which is automatically converted to JSON and encoded as UTF-8. Here's an example:


import requests

url = 'https://www.example.com/api'
data = {'name': 'Jérôme'}
response = requests.post(url, json=data)

print(response.text)

By default, Requests sends the Content-Type header as application/x-www-form-urlencoded when using the data parameter, and as application/json when using the json parameter.

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