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Example script to send an HTTPS POST via httplib
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| import sys | |
| import httplib | |
| from httplib import HTTPException | |
| import json | |
| DEBUG = False | |
| BOUNDARY = '--------Boundary' | |
| def post_stuff(host, post_url, field_dict): | |
| """ | |
| POST to a url | |
| field_dict: a dictionary with field name as the key, and field's value as the value | |
| Returns a dictionary with keys: | |
| 'status': The HTTP response code | |
| 'reason': The HTTP response reason | |
| 'headers': The HTTP response headers | |
| 'data': The HTTP response data | |
| """ | |
| content_type = 'multipart/form-data; boundary=%s' % BOUNDARY | |
| body = list() | |
| for field in field_dict: | |
| # add a field and value to body | |
| body.append('--%s' % BOUNDARY) | |
| body.append('Content-Disposition: form-data; name="%s"' % field) | |
| body.append('') | |
| body.append(field_dict['field']) | |
| body.append('--' + BOUNDARY + '--') | |
| body.append('') | |
| body = '\r\n'.join(body) | |
| conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection(host) | |
| if DEBUG: | |
| conn.set_debuglevel(1) | |
| headers = { | |
| 'User-Agent': 'python', | |
| 'Content-Type': content_type, | |
| 'Content-Length': str(len(body)), | |
| 'Connection': 'keep-alive', | |
| } | |
| conn.request('POST', post_url, body, headers) | |
| try: | |
| response = conn.getresponse() | |
| except Exception, e: | |
| print e.__class__ | |
| return { | |
| 'status': None, | |
| 'reason': 'No response', | |
| 'data': '', | |
| 'headers': '' | |
| } | |
| if response.status in [200, 201]: | |
| try: | |
| resp = response.read() | |
| headers = response.getheaders() | |
| except HTTPException, e: | |
| print e | |
| return { | |
| 'status': response.status, | |
| 'reason': 'Could not read response', | |
| 'data': '', | |
| 'headers': '' | |
| } | |
| try: | |
| data = json.loads(resp) | |
| except Exception, e: | |
| data = resp | |
| print e | |
| else: | |
| data = response.read() | |
| return { | |
| 'status': response.status, | |
| 'reason': response.reason, | |
| 'headers': headers, | |
| 'data': data, | |
| } | |
| # Example code to run, make sure to change the host, post_url, and field_dict values | |
| host = "localhost:443" # change me | |
| post_url = '/some/url/' | |
| field_dict = {'some_field':42, 'another_field':23} | |
| response_dict = post_stuff(host, post_url, field_dict) | |
| print "Response: ", response_dict['status'], response_dict['reason'] | |
| print "Headers: " | |
| print response_dict['headers'] | |
| print "Data:" | |
| print response_dict['data'] |
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