I want to convert this cURL request to a Python-Requests request since I am working on a Python wrapper for a REST service
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One good resource I've used for converting a cURL request to Python requests is curlconverter. You can enter your cURL request and it will format it for Python requests.
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As a side note, it can also convert for PHP and Node.js.