[SOLVED] How to pass multipart/form-data into Python POST Request

Issue

I am trying to translate this curl command into a python POST request. I am new to calling api endpoints and this is my first encounter of -F form data. The curl request I am trying to replicate is below:

curl -X POST "https://genericurl.com/rest/endpoint" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" -F "strictQuotes=" -F "escape=\"" -F "continueOnError=" -F "separator=;" -F "deleteFile=" -F "simulation=" -F "fileName=synchronization_file" -F "headerRow=" -F "ignoreLeadingWhitespace=" -F "sendNotification=" -F "fileId=" -F "template=" -F "saveResult=" -F "batchSize=1000" -F "[email protected];type=text/csv" -F "quote=\""

Thank you in advance!

Solution

There is a nice tool which helps you to easily convert CURL to Python code. You can have a look:

https://curlconverter.com/

Also, the CURL that you've attached will be converted to something like this.

import requests

headers = {
    'accept': 'application/json',
    # requests won't add a boundary if this header is set when you pass files=
    # 'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data',
}

files = {
    'strictQuotes': (None, ''),
    'escape': (None, '"'),
    'continueOnError': (None, ''),
    'separator': (None, ';'),
    'deleteFile': (None, ''),
    'simulation': (None, ''),
    'fileName': (None, 'synchronization_file'),
    'headerRow': (None, ''),
    'ignoreLeadingWhitespace': (None, ''),
    'sendNotification': (None, ''),
    'fileId': (None, ''),
    'template': (None, ''),
    'saveResult': (None, ''),
    'batchSize': (None, '1000'),
    'file': open('testSourceFile.csv;type=text/csv', 'rb'),
    'quote': (None, '"'),
}

response = requests.post('https://genericurl.com/rest/endpoint', headers=headers, files=files)

Answered By - CurlyError

Answer Checked By - Senaida (WPSolving Volunteer)