Sometimes, we want to send file using POST from a Python script.
In this article, we’ll look at how to send file using POST from a Python script.
How to send file using POST from a Python script?
To send file using POST from a Python script, we call request.post with the files argument.
For instance, we write
with open('report.xls', 'rb') as f:
r = requests.post('http://httpbin.org/post', files={'report.xls': f})
to open the report.xls file with open.
Then we call requests.post with the URL we want to send the file to via a POST request.
And we set the files argument to a dict with the key for the file and the file f itself.
Conclusion
To send file using POST from a Python script, we call request.post with the files argument.