Using requests in python to post to a html form?

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If I were trying to google something, how would I send the data I want to search to be searched? I know you can add it to the url, but I do not want to do this.

which version of python are you using?

Andrew Cox
– Andrew Cox

2012-06-29 19:47:31 +00:00
Commented Jun 29, 2012 at 19:47 — Andrew Cox
– Andrew Cox, Commented Jun 29, 2012 at 19:47

Andrew Cox · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-29 20:31:11Z

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Using the requests library. You would use the .post method in the same way as the .get method. Passing in the data as a dictionary to the data parameter of the function.

The quickstart docs describe it here http://requests.readthedocs.org/en/latest/user/quickstart/#more-complicated-post-requests

If using urllib or urllib2 the data parameter of the urlopen function will POST the data to the page rather than GET it.

see the docs here http://docs.python.org/library/urllib.html#urllib.urlopen

edited Jun 29, 2012 at 20:31

answered Jun 29, 2012 at 19:49

Andrew Cox

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Daniel Roseman Over a year ago

The OP is asking about how to use the "requests" third-party library.

Andrew Cox Over a year ago

oh :) I just thought he meant requests in a general sense.

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