I'm trying to use the python requests lib to upload an image to Imgur using the imgur api. The api returns a 400, saying that the file is either not a supported file type or is corrupt. I don't think the image is corrupt (I can view it fine locally), and I've tried .jpg, .jpeg, and .png. Here is the code:
api_key = "4adaaf1bd8caec42a5b007405e829eb0"
url = "http://api.imgur.com/2/upload.json"
r = requests.post(url, data={'key': api_key, 'image':{'file': ('test.png', open('test.png', 'rb'))}})
The exact error message:
{"error":{"message":"Image format not supported, or image is corrupt.","request":"\/2\/upload.json","method":"post","format":"json","parameters":"image = file, key = 4adaaf1bd8caec42a5b007405e829eb0"}}
Let me know if I can provide more information. I'm pretty green with Python, and expect it's some simple misstep, could someone please explain what?
I'm just guessing, but looking at the imgur api, it looks like image should be just the file data, while the requests library is wrapping it into a key value pair (hence why the response shows "image = file")
I'd try something like:
import base64
api_key = "4adaaf1bd8caec42a5b007405e829eb0"
url = "http://api.imgur.com/2/upload.json"
fh = open('test.png', 'rb');
base64img = base64.b64encode(fh.read())
r = requests.post(url, data={'key': api_key, 'image':base64img})