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Indexnow protocol POST request with JSON on PYTHON

I am trying to make a POST request for Indexnow protocol, which allows the user to send link massive to search engine (BING) for instant indexing. As I read all documentation, I found that this protocol suggests such JSON request construction:
POST /indexnow HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Host: <searchengine>
{
"host": "www.example.com",
"key": "265f7fb3bd6c41118f6bf05568d9c825",
"urlList": [
"https://www.example.com/url1",
"https://www.example.com/folder/url2",
"https://www.example.com/url3"
]
}
I chose to use Python, and here is my code for this POST request:
import advertools as adv
import pandas as pd
import requests
import json
import time
def submit_url_set(set_:list, key, location, host="https://www.bing.com", headers={"Content-type":"application/json", "charset":"utf-8"}):
key = "91ca7c564b334f38b0b1ed90eec8g8b2"
data = {
"host": "www.bing.com",
"key": key,
"keyLocation": "https://uchet.kz/91ca7c564b334f38b0b1ed90eec8g8b2.txt",
"urlList": [
'https://uchet.kz/news/formirovanie-obshchestva-chistogo-ot-korruptsii-dobivaetsya-tokaev/',
'https://uchet.kz/news/pravila-polucheniya-iin-inostrantsu-v-rk-izmeneny/',
'https://uchet.kz/news/zabolevaemost-koronavirusom-sredi-shkolnikov-vyrosla-v-13-raza/',
'https://uchet.kz/news/izmeneny-pravila-provedeniya-tamozhennoy-ekspertizy/'
]
}
r = requests.post(host, data=data, headers=headers)
return r.status_code
After script runs, nothing returns.
I expected the script to return server response code HTTP-code 200 OK
What was I really expected
Getting the server response code for each indexing url.

I am the author of the code.
IndexNow API doesn't return a response, if you don't take an error message it means that the request has been taken.
You can check your log files to validate that.
Also, https://www.searchenginejournal.com/indexnow-api-python/429726/ in the article, this is stated.

Go to the Post Requests Online
Type your search engine URL
Put your code in the window below in this format:
{
"host": "your_site",
"key": "your_key",
"urlList": [
"https://your_site/1",
"https://your_site/2",
"https://your_site/3"
]
}
Press SEND.
Done
SCREENSHOT

how to get access tokens from refresh token? does refresh token expire?

I'm trying to create a python script which takes a (.csv with access tokens and a file) as input and uploads that file to multiple google drives whose access tokens are in that csv
but after sometime access tokens get expired and I have to get them again...just saw there's something called refresh and it refreshes access token
Is it possible to do this from python script, please explain.
Do refresh token expire?
import json
import requests
import pandas as pd
headers = {}
para = {
"name": "update",
}
files = {
'data': ('metadata', json.dumps(para), 'application/json; charset=UTF-8'),
'file': open("./update.txt", "rb")
}
tokens = pd.read_csv('tokens.csv')
for i in tokens.token:
headers={"Authorization": i}
r = requests.post(
"https://www.googleapis.com/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart",
headers=headers,
files=files
)
print(r.text)

In order to be able to get a new access_token programmatically using a refresh_token, you must have set access_type to offline when redirecting the user to Google's OAuth 2.0 server.
If you did that, you can get a new access_token if you do the following POST request to https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token:
POST /token HTTP/1.1
Host: oauth2.googleapis.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
client_id=your_client_id&
client_secret=your_client_secret&
refresh_token=refresh_token&
grant_type=refresh_token
The corresponding response would be something like:
{
"access_token": "1/fFAGRNJru1FTz70BzhT3Zg",
"expires_in": 3920,
"scope": "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive",
"token_type": "Bearer"
}
Note:
You can find code snippets for several languages in the reference I provide below, including Python, but considering you are not using the Python library, I think the HTTP/REST snippet I provided might be more useful in your situation.
Reference:
Refreshing an access token (offline access)

Python 3.6 Post Request Domain API

This is a bit of a newbie Q.
I'm using Python 3.6
I am trying to use the domain realestate api to write a scraper that collects data of houses/apartments for sale in my area, but i am having trouble getting the post request to work. I have registered and retrieved my client_id and secret_id for the authentication. The post request returns a status_code of 400
response = requests.post('https://auth.domain.com.au/v1/connect/token',
data = {'client_id':client_id,
"client_secret":client_secret,
"grant_type":"client_credentials",
"scope":"api_agencies_read api_listings_read",
"Content-Type":"application/json"})
token=response.json()
access_token=token["access_token"]
search_parameters = {
"listingType": "Sale",
"locations": [
{
"state": "NSW",
"suburb": "Balgowlah",
"postcode": 2093,
"includeSurroundingSuburbs": True
}
]
}
url = "https://api.domain.com.au/v1/listings/residential/_search"
auth = {"Authorization":"Bearer "+access_token}
request = requests.post(url, data=search_parameters, headers=auth)
details=request.json()
I know my authentication is correct, because i can use the Live API on the website to test the same request (i had to select the client, secret id and the project to allow direct access), and i get a valid access token from the code above.
access_token:
{'access_token': 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX',
'expires_in': 43200,
'token_type': 'Bearer'}
request.json():
{'errors': {'parameters': ['Undefined error.']},
'message': 'The request is invalid.'}
I've been able to implement the notebook from this post. So i can be sure my client and secret ids are connected to the domain project.

#furas had the solution:
look at the example closer :)
The example uses "Content-Type":"text/json" but you use "application/json" instead of "text/json"

HTTP Triggering Cloud Function with Cloud Scheduler

I have a problem with a job in the Cloud Scheduler for my cloud function. I created the job with next parameters:
Target: HTTP
URL: my trigger url for cloud function
HTTP method: POST
Body:
{
"expertsender": {
"apiKey": "ExprtSender API key",
"apiAddress": "ExpertSender APIv2 address",
"date": "YYYY-MM-DD",
"entities": [
{
"entity": "Messages"
},
{
"entity": "Activities",
"types":[
"Subscriptions"
]
}
]
},
"bq": {
"project_id": "YOUR GCP PROJECT",
"dataset_id": "YOUR DATASET NAME",
"location": "US"
}
}
The real values has been changed in this body.
When I run this job I got an error. The reason is caused by processing body from POST request.
However, when I take this body and use it as Triggering event in Testing I don't get any errors. So I think, that problem in body representation for my job but I havn't any idea how fix it. I'll be very happy for any idea.

Disclaimer:
I have tried to solve the same issue using NodeJS and I'm able to get a solution
I understand that this is an old question. But I felt like its worth to answer this question as I have spent almost 2 hours figuring out the answer for this issue.
Scenario - 1: Trigger the Cloud Function via Cloud Scheduler
Function fails to read the message in request body.
Scenario - 2: Trigger the Cloud Function via Test tab in Cloud Function interface
Function call always executes fine with no errors.
What did I find?
When the GCF routine is executed via Cloud Scheduler, it sends the header content-type as application/octet-stream. This makes express js unable to parse the data in request body when Cloud scheduler POSTs the data.
But when the exact same request body is used to test the function via the Cloud Function interface, everything works fine because the Testing feature on the interface sends the header content-type as application/json and express js is able to read the request body and parses the data as a JSON object.
Solution
I had to manually parse the request body as JSON (explicitly using if condition based on the content-type header) to get hold of data in the request body.
/**
* Responds to any HTTP request.
*
* #param {!express:Request} req HTTP request context.
* #param {!express:Response} res HTTP response context.
*/
exports.helloWorld = (req, res) => {
let message = req.query.message || req.body.message || 'Hello World!';
console.log('Headers from request: ' + JSON.stringify(req.headers));
let parsedBody;
if(req.header('content-type') === 'application/json') {
console.log('request header content-type is application/json and auto parsing the req body as json');
parsedBody = req.body;
} else {
console.log('request header content-type is NOT application/json and MANUALLY parsing the req body as json');
parsedBody = JSON.parse(req.body);
}
console.log('Message from parsed json body is:' + parsedBody.message);
res.status(200).send(message);
};
It is truly a feature issue which Google has to address and hopefully Google fixes it soon.
Cloud Scheduler - Content Type header issue

Another way to solve the problem is this:
request.get_json(force=True)
It forces the parser to treat the payload as json, ingoring the Mimetype.
Reference to the flask documentation is here
I think this is a bit more concise then the other solutions proposed.

Thank you #Dinesh for pointing towards the request headers as a solution! For all those who still wander and are lost, the code in python 3.7.4:
import json
raw_request_data = request.data
# Luckily it's at least UTF-8 encoded...
string_request_data = raw_request_data.decode("utf-8")
request_json: dict = json.loads(string_request_data)
Totally agree, this is sub-par from a usability perspective. Having the testing utility pass a JSON and the cloud scheduler posting an "application/octet-stream" is incredibly irresponsibly designed.
You should, however, create a request handler, if you want to invoke the function in a different way:
def request_handler(request):
# This works if the request comes in from
# requests.post("cloud-function-etc", json={"key":"value"})
# or if the Cloud Function test was used
request_json = request.get_json()
if request_json:
return request_json
# That's the hard way, i.e. Google Cloud Scheduler sending its JSON payload as octet-stream
if not request_json and request.headers.get("Content-Type") == "application/octet-stream":
raw_request_data = request.data
string_request_data = raw_request_data.decode("utf-8")
request_json: dict = json.loads(string_request_data)
if request_json:
return request_json
# Error code is obviously up to you
else:
return "500"

One of the workarounds that you can use is to provide a header "Content-Type" set to "application/json". You can see a setup here.

Facebook Messenger with Flask

I'm trying to get the FB messenger API working using Python's Flask, adapting the following instructions: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/quickstart
So far, things have been going pretty well. I have verified my callback and am able to receive the messages I send using Messenger on my page, as in the logs in my heroku server indicate the appropriate packets of data are being received by my server. Right now I'm struggling a bit to send responses to the client messenging my app. In particular, I am not sure how to perform the following segment from the tutorial in Flask:
var token = "<page_access_token>";
function sendTextMessage(sender, text) {
messageData = {
text:text
}
request({
url: 'https://graph.facebook.com/v2.6/me/messages',
qs: {access_token:token},
method: 'POST',
json: {
recipient: {id:sender},
message: messageData,
}
}, function(error, response, body) {
if (error) {
console.log('Error sending message: ', error);
} else if (response.body.error) {
console.log('Error: ', response.body.error);
}
});
}
So far, I have this bit in my server-side Flask module:
#app.route('/', methods=["GET", "POST"])
def chatbot_response():
data = json.loads(req_data)
sender_id = data["entry"][0]["messaging"][0]["sender"]["id"]
url = "https://graph.facebook.com/v2.6/me/messages"
qs_value = {"access_token": TOKEN_OMITTED}
json_response = {"recipient": {"id": sender_id}, "message": "this is a test response message"}
response = ("my response text", 200, {"url": url, "qs": qs_value, "method": "POST", "json": json_response})
return response
However, running this, I find that while I can process what someone send my Page, it does not send a response back (i.e. nothing shows up in the messenger chat box). I'm new to Flask so any help would be greatly appreciated in doing the equivalent of the Javascript bit above in Flask.
Thanks!

This is the code that works for me:
data = json.loads(request.data)['entry'][0]['messaging']
for m in data:
resp_id = m['sender']['id']
resp_mess = {
'recipient': {
'id': resp_id,
},
'message': {
'text': m['message']['text'],
}
}
fb_response = requests.post(FB_MESSAGES_ENDPOINT,
params={"access_token": FB_TOKEN},
data=json.dumps(resp_mess),
headers = {'content-type': 'application/json'})
key differences:
message needs a text key for the actual response message, and you need to add the application/json content-type header.
Without the content-type header you get the The parameter recipient is required error response, and without the text key under message you get the param message must be non-empty error response.

This is the Flask example using fbmq library that works for me:
echo example :
from flask import Flask, request
from fbmq import Page
page = fbmq.Page(PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN)
#app.route('/webhook', methods=['POST'])
def webhook():
page.handle_webhook(request.get_data(as_text=True))
return "ok"
#page.handle_message
def message_handler(event):
page.send(event.sender_id, event.message_text)

In that scenario in your tutorial, the node.js application is sending an HTTP POST request back to Facebook's servers, which then forwards the content on to the client.
So far, sounds like your Flask app is only receiving (AKA serving) HTTP requests. The reason is that that's what the Flask library is all about, and it's the only thing that Flask does.
To send an HTTP request back to Facebook, you can use any Python HTTP client library you like. There is one called urllib in the standard library, but it's a bit clunky to use... try the Requests library.
Since your request handler is delegating to an outgoing HTTP call, you need to look at the response to this sub-request also, to make sure everything went as planned.
Your handler may end up looking something like
import json
import os
from flask import app, request
# confusingly similar name, keep these straight in your head
import requests
FB_MESSAGES_ENDPOINT = "https://graph.facebook.com/v2.6/me/messages"
# good practice: don't keep secrets in files, one day you'll accidentally
# commit it and push it to github and then you'll be sad. in bash:
# $ export FB_ACCESS_TOKEN=my-secret-fb-token
FB_TOKEN = os.environ['FB_ACCESS_TOKEN']
#app.route('/', method="POST")
def chatbot_response():
data = request.json() # flasks's request object
sender_id = data["entry"][0]["messaging"][0]["sender"]["id"]
send_back_to_fb = {
"recipient": {
"id": sender_id,
},
"message": "this is a test response message"
}
# the big change: use another library to send an HTTP request back to FB
fb_response = requests.post(FB_MESSAGES_ENDPOINT,
params={"access_token": FB_TOKEN},
data=json.dumps(send_back_to_fb))
# handle the response to the subrequest you made
if not fb_response.ok:
# log some useful info for yourself, for debugging
print 'jeepers. %s: %s' % (fb_response.status_code, fb_response.text)
# always return 200 to Facebook's original POST request so they know you
# handled their request
return "OK", 200

When doing responses in Flask, you have to be careful. Simply doing a return statement won't return anything to the requester.
In your case, you might want to look at jsonify(). It will take a Python dictionary and return it to your browser as a JSON object.
from flask import jsonify
return jsonify({"url": url, "qs": qs_value, "method": "POST", "json": json_response})
If you want more control over the responses, like setting codes, take a look at make_response()