How to use Python to execute a cURL command?
I want to execute a curl command in Python.
Usually, I just need to enter the command in the terminal and press the return key. However, I don't know how it works in Python.
The command shows below:
curl -d @request.json --header "Content-Type: application/json" https://www.googleapis.com/qpxExpress/v1/trips/search?key=mykeyhere
There is a request.json
file to be sent to get a response.
I searched a lot and got confused. I tried to write a piece of code, although I could not fully understand it and it didn't work.
import pycurl
import StringIO
response = StringIO.StringIO()
c = pycurl.Curl()
c.setopt(c.URL, 'https://www.googleapis.com/qpxExpress/v1/trips/search?key=mykeyhere')
c.setopt(c.WRITEFUNCTION, response.write)
c.setopt(c.HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json','Accept-Charset: UTF-8'])
c.setopt(c.POSTFIELDS, '@request.json')
c.perform()
c.close()
print response.getvalue()
response.close()
The error message is Parse Error
. How to get a response from the server correctly?
For sake of simplicity, maybe you should consider using the Requests library.
An example with json response content would be something like:
import requests
r = requests.get('https://github.com/timeline.json')
r.json()
If you look for further information, in the Quickstart section, they have lots of working examples.
EDIT:
For your specific curl translation:
import requests
url = 'https://www.googleapis.com/qpxExpress/v1/trips/search?key=mykeyhere'
payload = open("request.json")
headers = {'content-type': 'application/json', 'Accept-Charset': 'UTF-8'}
r = requests.post(url, data=payload, headers=headers)
Just use this website. It'll convert any curl command into Python, Node.js, PHP, R, or Go.
Example:
curl -X POST -H 'Content-type: application/json' --data '{"text":"Hello, World!"}' https://hooks.slack.com/services/asdfasdfasdf
Becomes this in Python,
import requests
headers = {
'Content-type': 'application/json',
}
data = '{"text":"Hello, World!"}'
response = requests.post('https://hooks.slack.com/services/asdfasdfasdf', headers=headers, data=data)
import requests
url = "https://www.googleapis.com/qpxExpress/v1/trips/search?key=mykeyhere"
data = requests.get(url).json
maybe?
if you are trying to send a file
files = {'request_file': open('request.json', 'rb')}
r = requests.post(url, files=files)
print r.text, print r.json
ahh thanks @LukasGraf now i better understand what his original code is doing
import requests,json
url = "https://www.googleapis.com/qpxExpress/v1/trips/search?key=mykeyhere"
my_json_data = json.load(open("request.json"))
req = requests.post(url,data=my_json_data)
print req.text
print
print req.json # maybe?
curl -d @request.json --header "Content-Type: application/json" https://www.googleapis.com/qpxExpress/v1/trips/search?key=mykeyhere
its python implementation be like
import requests
headers = {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
}
params = (
('key', 'mykeyhere'),
)
data = open('request.json')
response = requests.post('https://www.googleapis.com/qpxExpress/v1/trips/search', headers=headers, params=params, data=data)
#NB. Original query string below. It seems impossible to parse and
#reproduce query strings 100% accurately so the one below is given
#in case the reproduced version is not "correct".
# response = requests.post('https://www.googleapis.com/qpxExpress/v1/trips/search?key=mykeyhere', headers=headers, data=data)
check this link, it will help convert cURl command to python,php and nodejs
My answer is WRT python 2.6.2.
import commands
status, output = commands.getstatusoutput("curl -H \"Content-Type:application/json\" -k -u (few other parameters required) -X GET https://example.org -s")
print output
I apologize for not providing the required parameters 'coz it's confidential.