Hello, I'm Aya Bouchiha, today, we'll talk about sending requests in python using the requests module
installation
pip install requests
What's GET request
GET: is a request used for getting or retrieving data or information from a specified server.
Sending GET requests in Python using requests
import requests
url = 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1'
response = requests.get(url)
# <Response [200]>
print(response)
# 200
print(response.status_code)
# {
# "userId": 1,
# "id": 1,
# "title": "sunt aut facere repellat provident occaecati excepturi optio reprehenderit",
# "body": "quia et suscipit\nsuscipit recusandae consequuntur expedita et cum\nreprehenderit molestiae ut ut quas totam\nnostrum rerum est autem sunt rem eveniet architecto"
#}
print(response.text)
# https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1
print(response.url)
# application\json; charset=utf-8
print(response.headers['Content-Type'])
# b'{\n "userId": 1,\n "id": 1,\n "title": "sunt aut facere repellat provident occaecati excepturi optio reprehenderit",\n "body": "quia et suscipit\\nsuscipit recusandae consequuntur expedita et cum\\nreprehenderit molestiae ut ut quas totam\\nnostrum rerum est autem sunt rem eveniet architecto"\n}'
print(response.content)
# {'userId': 1, 'id': 1, 'title': 'sunt aut facere repellat provident occaecati excepturi optio reprehenderit', 'body': 'quia et suscipit\nsuscipit recusandae consequuntur expedita et cum\nreprehenderit molestiae ut ut quas totam\nnostrum rerum est autem sunt rem eveniet architecto'}
print(response.json())
# <class 'dict'>
print(type(response.json()))
# for more information
# print(dir(response))
What's POST request
POST: is a request that is used for sending information or data to a specific server.
Sending POST requests in Python using requests
import requests
import json
url = 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts'
data = { 'title': 'buy new mouse','body': 'I need to buy a new mouse !','userId': 5,}
headers = {'content-type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8'}
response = requests.post(url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=headers)
# 201
print(response.status_code)
# True
print(response.ok)
# b'{\n "title": "buy new mouse",\n "body": "I need to buy a new mouse !",\n "userId": 5,\n "id": 101\n}'
print(response.content)
# {
# "title": "buy new mouse",
# "body": "I need to buy a new mouse !",
# "userId": 5,
# "id": 101
# }
print(response.text)
# <class 'str'>
print(type(response.text))
# https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts
print(response.url)
# application/json; charset=utf-8
print(response.headers['Content-Type'])
# utf-8
print(response.encoding)
What's the PUT request
PUT: is a request used for creating or updating a resource in a specific server.
Sending PUT requests in Python using requests
import requests
import json
url = 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1'
data = {'id':1, 'userId':2, 'title':'drink water', 'body':'drinking water is important'}
headers = {'Content-Type':'application/json; charset=UTF-8'}
response = requests.put(url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=headers)
# 200
print(response.status_code)
# True
print(response.ok)
# b'{\n "id": 1,\n "userId": 2,\n "title": "drink water",\n "body": "drinking water is important"\n}'
print(response.content)
# {
# "id": 1,
# "userId": 2,
# "title": "drink water",
# "body": "drinking water is important"
# }
print(response.text)
# <class 'str'>
print(type(response.text))
# https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts
print(response.url)
# application/json; charset=utf-8
print(response.headers['Content-Type'])
# utf-8
print(response.encoding)
What's a delete request
DELETE: is a request used to delete a specific resource in a server.
Sending a DELETE request in python
import requests
import json
url = 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1'
headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8'}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.status_code) # 200
print(response.ok) # True
print(type(response.text)) # <class 'str'>
print(response.url) # https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1
print(response.headers['Content-Type']) # application/json; charset=utf-8
print(response.encoding) # utf-8
Have a good day
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