Python Requests post() Method
Example
Make a POST request to a web page, and return the response text:
import requests
url = 'https://www.w3schools.com/python/demopage.php'
myobj = {'somekey': 'somevalue'}
x = requests.post(url, json = myobj)
print(x.text)
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Definition and Usage
The post() method sends a POST request to the specified url.
The post() method is used when you want to
send some data to the server.
Syntax
requests.post(url, data={key: value}, json={key: value},
args)
args means zero or more of the named arguments in the parameter table below. Example:
requests.post(url, data = myobj, timeout=2.50)
Parameter Values
| Parameter | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| url | Try it | Required. The url of the request |
| data | Try it | Optional. A dictionary, list of tuples, bytes or a file object to send to the specified url |
| json | Try it | Optional. A JSON object to send to the specified url |
| files | Try it | Optional. A dictionary of files to send to the specified url |
| allow_redirects | Try it | Optional. A Boolean to enable/disable redirection. Default True (allowing redirects) |
| auth | Try it | Optional. A tuple to enable a certain HTTP authentication. Default None |
| cert | Try it | Optional. A String or Tuple specifying a cert file or key. Default None |
| cookies | Try it | Optional. A dictionary of cookies to send to the specified url. Default None |
| headers | Try it | Optional. A dictionary of HTTP headers to send to the specified url. Default None |
| proxies | Try it | Optional. A dictionary of the protocol to the proxy url. Default None |
| stream | Try it | Optional. A Boolean indication if the response should be immediately downloaded (False) or streamed (True). Default False |
| timeout | Try it | Optional. A number, or a tuple, indicating how many seconds to wait for the client to make a connection and/or send a response. Default None which means the request will continue
until the connection is closed |
| verify |
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Optional. A Boolean or a String indication to verify the servers TLS certificate or not. Default True |
