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REST GET request on Python sending named argument

I am playing from Linux using curl inside bash but now I need to move my script to python in order to be more effective. What is the best way to do something like the following line on python?

curl baseuri:port/resource -u user:pswd

I played already with urllib2 but I dont get a clue on how to send the "-u user:pswd"

Solution

  • You'll need to use a HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm instance to handle the authentication, and add in a HTTPBasicAuthHandler handler to respond to the authentication challenge:

    import urllib2

url = 'baseuri:port/resource'
username = 'user'
password = 'pswd'

pwmgr = urllib2.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm()
pwmgr.add_password(None, url, username, password)    
authhandler = urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler(passman)

opener = urllib2.build_opener(authhandler)
response = opener.open(theurl)

    Yes, this is a handful.

    If you can install a 3rd party library, then add use the requests library; it'll be so much easier:

    import requests

url = 'baseuri:port/resource'
username = 'user'
password = 'pswd'

response = requests.get(url, auth=(username, password))