Use python requests post with header for API authentication

Question

This curl command works:

curl -X GET 172.168.0.101/api/v1/events/ -H 'Authorization: Token 353e5axxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'

I want to do the same in python and requests seems like a good lib.

However:

import requests

header = {'Authorization': 'Token 353e5axxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'}
r = requests.post('http://172.168.0.101/api/v1/events/', headers=header)
print r

does not work. It results in a 400 response.

I've never used Python requests before, but it seems that with curl you are doing a GET, but with Python requests you are doing a POST. — wookie919
– wookie919, Commented Sep 25, 2014 at 22:33

Martijn Pieters · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-25 22:48:39Z

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Use requests.get() instead:

r = requests.get('http://172.168.0.101/api/v1/events/', headers=header)

The post method you used sends a POST request, while your curl command line clearly uses GET instead. The 400 error returned indicates POST is the wrong method.

edited Sep 25, 2014 at 22:48

answered Sep 25, 2014 at 22:34

Martijn Pieters

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