Convert cURL request to Python-Requests request

Question

I want to convert this cURL request to a Python-Requests request since I am working on a Python wrapper for a REST service

MS_WORD_DOCUMENT=...
CONTENT_TYPE=         


        

Answer 1

The Curl command sends specific multipart/form-data field names; meta and data, and the documentation for the API specifies specific meta-types to be used.

Moreover, the metadata should be encoded to JSON.

The following should work:

import json
import requests

metadata = json.dumps({"documentType": "application/msword"})
files = {
    'meta': ('', metadata, 'application/json'),
    'data': ('sample.docx', content, 'application/octet-stream'),
}

req = requests.post(
    "https://text.s4.ontotext.com/v1/twitie",
    auth=("user", "pass"),
    files=files)

The files parameter is all that is needed here; each value is a tuple with a filename, the data to be sent, and the mimetype for that part.

Answer 2

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.

As a side note, it can also convert for PHP and Node.js.