request in python.md

Library Required

We will be using Requests library as it is concise and easy to use. Install it using

pip install requests

A Simple Example

import requests

r = requests.get('http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=Bengaluru')
print (r.text)

We create an object r which will store the request-response. requests.get method send a get request to the googleapis server. To see content of the response we use r.text.

Use r.status_code to see the status code.

Post request example

import requests
 
url = 'http://httpbin.org/post'
payload = {'a':'test', 'b':'my post request'}
r = requests.post(url, data=payload) 
print(r.json())

data = r.json()
print(data['form'])

The above example sends a post request to httpbin. payload is the data that we want to send in the post request. r.json() prints the whole response message, while data['form'] prints the data that we sent in the payload.