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Export POST Request from postman to Python

I am attempting to run a POST request in python. When I test in Postman it runs fine and imports the file. When I run it in Python I error out. This posts a spreadsheet stored on my computer into Quip. I am getting the error missing argument 'file'. I have tried moving several things around and am not sure what im missing. here is what im working with:
import requests
url = "https://platform.quip.com/1/threads/import-file"
payload = {'type': 'spreadsheet'}
files = [
('file', open('/Users/admin/Documents/excel/logs/Output/test.xlsx','rb'))
]
headers = {
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
'Authorization': 'Bearer **************************='
}
response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data = payload, files = files)
print(response.text.encode('utf8'))

Try to change this line:
files = {'file': open('/Users/admin/Documents/excel/logs/Output/test.xlsx','rb')}
Also I noticed a bug in Postman (version 9.9.1): payload contains only the first field. Be aware of that.
So I would not rely on generated code.

Python request gives 415 error while post data

I am getting 415 error while posting data to server. This is my code how can i solve this problem. Thanks in advance!
import requests
import json
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
#headers = {'content-type':'application/javascript'}
#headers={'content-type':'application/json', 'Accept':'application/json'}
url = 'http://IPadress/kaaAdmin/rest/api/sendNotification'
data = {"name": "Value"}
r = requests.post(url, auth=HTTPBasicAuth('shany.ka', 'shanky1213'),json=data)
print(r.status_code)

According to MDN Web Docs,
The HTTP 415 Unsupported Media Type client error response code
indicates that the server refuses to accept the request because the
payload format is in an unsupported format.
The format problem might be due to the request's indicated
Content-Type or Content-Encoding, or as a result of inspecting the
data directly.
In your case, I think you've missed the headers.
Uncommenting
headers={
'Content-type':'application/json',
'Accept':'application/json'
}
and including headers in your POST request:
r = requests.post(
url,
auth=HTTPBasicAuth('shany.ka', 'shanky1213'),
json=data,
headers=headers
)
should do the trick
import requests
import json
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
headers = {
'Content-type':'application/json',
'Accept':'application/json'
}
url = 'http://IPadress/kaaAdmin/rest/api/sendNotification'
data = {"name": "Value"}
r = requests.post(
url,
auth=HTTPBasicAuth('shany.ka', 'shanky1213'),
json=data,
headers=headers
)
print(r.status_code)

As a workaround, try hitting your api using Postman. When you can successfully hit the api in postman, generate python code in postman (button is present in the top right corner). You can copy the code in your python project.

Another possible cause is using requests.post when you should be using requests.get or vice versa. I doubt that this is a common problem, but in my case a server that was happy to accept an HTTP GET for a search rejects it with a 415 when HTTP POST is used instead. (Yet another site required that a search be requested using HTTP POST. It was reusing that code that caused my problem.)

Python HTTP Post with upload file and headers generated from Postman

I'm using Python 2.7.
I want to make a HTTP POST using requests, where I upload a file and a key that must go in the HTTP Headers.
For that I've used the application Postman, where it works really fine.
On Postman I've added only the necessary header, which is a Authorization with some key.
On the body, Ive choosen form-data and then the key is an input_image, and they the image itself.
Now I want to replicate this into Python2.7, so I've chose to see the Python code on Postman, which was this one:
import requests
url = "https://foo.com/bar/stuff"
payload = "------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YDxkTrZu1gW\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"input_image\"; filename=\"C:\\Test\\projs\\Supermarket\\doritos.jpeg\"\r\nContent-Type: image/jpeg\r\n\r\n\r\n------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YDxkTrZu1gW--"
headers = {
'content-type': "multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YDxkTrZu1gW",
'Authorization': "myAuthorizationKey",
'Cache-Control': "no-cache",
'Postman-Token': "0efwd6e8-051c-4ed5-8d6f-7b1bd135f4d5"
}
response = requests.request("POST", url, data=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)
This simply doesn't work. It has the same behaviour as if I didn't send any image using Postman. It looks like the payload string is not being send correctly.
Question:
What is wrong with this Postman auto-generation code in order to send a HTTP POST with image upload and with header at the same time in Python?

I think Postman is doing some logic we are not really aware of. But the package requests provide a way to upload images.
files = {'media': open('my_image.jpg', 'rb')}
r = requests.post(url, files=files, headers=hearders)
According to the server you are sending the image to, the parameters name, this code might need to be slightly changed.

the only trick works here is your code should be same as you post request in postman, no extra headers need to be added , your post request should look like the same as it is in postman.
I could do this by changing my file to an image file and then posting it in my post request.
with open('grass-small.png', 'rb') as imageFile:
imageStr = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(imageFile.read())
files = {'document': ('grass-small.png', imageStr ), 'document_type':(None,'grass')}

This worked for me
import requests
url = 'http://iizuka.cs.tsukuba.ac.jp/projects/colorization/web/'
files = {'file': ("my_img_path/myImage.jpeg", open('my_img_path/myImage.jpeg', 'rb'),'image/jpg')}
r = requests.post(url, files=files)

Python mulitpart/formdata POST request within Zapier Code

I'm currently working with Zapier to automate some tasks but I got stuck on the following :
I'm trying to send a POST request using the Zapier Webhooks containing a file. I could make it work trough postman as the API of Debitoor (that's where I am sending to) is pretty clear.
However, I can not make it work within Zapier Webhooks. I also tried to use Zapier Code (Python) as I can view the python code from the postman. But I am not familiar with that and might need some help to get it started.
1.) First of all, this is the API reference: https://developers.debitoor.com/api-reference#files
2.) I then used Postman with this code (Python requests)which was working :
import requests
url = "https://api.debitoor.com/api/files/v1"
querystring = {"token":"eyJ1c2VyIjoiNWE0NmVjYjUxOTE0ODEwMDFjMTkxYzZmIiwiYXBwIjoiNTdiMmZlMDkxZTkwMjQwZjAwNDZhNWEyIiwiY2hhbGxlbmdlIjowLCIkZSI6MCwiJHQiOjE1MjE4NzAwNTQ1OTd9CsKRw5xbw5_DhHUWw5QJw4zDj8KnXsOaeMKA","fileName":"test.pdf"}
payload = "------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"Bildschirmfoto 2018-04-05 um 09.59.46 1.png\"\r\nContent-Type: image/png\r\n\r\n\r\n------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW--"
headers = {
'content-type': "multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW",
'cache-control': "no-cache",
'postman-token': "716e7723-2dc1-6384-059d-960feb563443"
}
response = requests.request("POST", url, data=payload, headers=headers, params=querystring)
print(response.text)
3.) Tried to copy the code to Zapier Code, but I don't know how to implement the file. In Zapier I am triggering an inbound email to grab the attachment, which is then "hydrated". It looks like this :
hydrate|||.eJwtjMsOwiAUBf_lrosKNFDZu3Xh1hjC46KklTaFxDRN_11qXJ7JzFkhplxMcqijB8U5l7yT5wZCxMHrZN4Iqo4BMzTgXuh63eMCioruLKiobEwFU9FlmXb1WrX-Y-ZnBrX-Qj2NsSpzBfcV_o-3C2GUisPkwx7sj5D5UQpDmeMnwqW1pPWBE-OYJdYwdCJQT9sWtse2fQEK1Tjl:1eqY0S:s2Ek27XO54PVSm9q_mVMDN8o1uY|||hydrate
How do I connect the Python code to the hydrated file? I have no experience with files and could not find any useful help. Hope someone has an idea?

I was trying to import AWS S3 files to my API.
It turns out that Zapier hydrated my file just as described here.
Then I successfully extracted the content of my file and sent it to my API like this:
import urllib.request
auth_token = input_data['auth_token'] # Authentication token for my API
csv_file = input_data['csv_file'] # The "hydrate|||..." variable: that's my S3 file
file_type = 'text/csv'
fp = urllib.request.urlopen(csv_file)
file_bytes = fp.read() # Binary content of my S3 file
fp.close()
url = 'http://my.api.com/importer/resource'
headers = {
'accept': 'application/vnd.api-v1+json',
'authorization': auth_token,
'user-agent': 'Zapier'
}
files = {'csv_file': ('bulk_resources.csv', file_bytes, file_type, {'Expires': '0'})}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, files=files)
return response.json()

Python Post request with REQUESTS/ Shiftplanning API

I am trying to call the shiftplanning API with the following code:
import requests
url= "https://humanity.com/api/"
payload = {"key": "keyvalue", "request": { "module": "staff.login", "method": "GET","username": "myusername", "password": "mypassword"}}"
headers = {
'content-type': "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
'cache-control': "no-cache",
}
r = requests.post(url, data = payload
, headers= headers)
r.text
I used Postman to test the api beforehand and it worked fine. The payload in the Postman code creator, however, looks like this:
payload = "data={\r\n \"key\": \"keyvalue\",\r\n \"request\": {\r\n \"module\": \"staff.login\",\r\n \"method\": \"GET\",\r\n \"username\": \"myusername\",\r\n \"password\": \mypassword\"\r\n }\r\n}"
I assume, that the payload variable actually needs to be formatted as a string, as the doc at shiftplanning api says:
Remember that any data passed to the API is to be formatted as JSON, and its string value needs to be sent via the POST HTTP request method all as the post variable 'data' (Checkout the 9th line from an example below). Also Content-Type needs to be set to application/x-www-form-urlencoded.
However, no matter what I do, I always get the html of the api as a return, not the json response to my http request.
Using
r.json()
doesn't do anything, except raising an error, due to the returned html.
I also tried using
json = payload
in the post request, that didn't change anything either.`
Any help and explanation is appreciated. I'd really like to understand what I am doing wrong, as it seems to be pretty straightforward to execute.

Change content-type in headers to application/json if you want json response. Postman automatically sets that header for you but you need to set it in your Python code.