pass a string in python requests

Question

I have a function which require to pass some ids as comma seperated to the url string.

My code:

def shipment(self, orderItemIds):
    url = "https://api.flipkart.net/sellers/orders/shipments"
    payload = {'orderItemsIds':orderItemIds}
    return self.session.get(url, data=payload)

I need to pass id1, id2, id3 so that i get a link as:

https://api.flipkart.net/sellers/orders/shipments?orderItemsIds={id1,id2...}

I tried to pass it as a string. and as a list too. But it didn't worked.

oid = 'id1,id2,id3'                     # or
oid = ['id1',id2'','id3']

How to do it?

I passed an id as oiids = '230501592'. On running response.url, it gives me:

https://api.flipkart.net/sellers/orders/shipments?orderItemsIds

It shows that parameter values are not passing in the url string.

Are you sure you need to have the multiple items in the literal syntax you posted? So { followed by id1, then a comma, etc.? — Martijn Pieters
– Martijn Pieters, Commented Aug 10, 2015 at 9:43
@MartijnPieters, even the API docs are a bit unclear, but it's just id1,id2,.... — Cyphase
– Cyphase, Commented Aug 10, 2015 at 9:48
Ah, Flipkart again. They really need to work on their API documentation.. — Martijn Pieters
– Martijn Pieters, Commented Aug 10, 2015 at 9:49
Yes @MartijnPieters I have to pass atleast 1 param. multiple values can help me parse a list of ids. — Manish Gupta
– Manish Gupta, Commented Aug 10, 2015 at 9:57

Cyphase · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-10 10:26:59Z

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I believe what you want is this (where orderItemIds is a list of strings):

def shipment(self, orderItemIds):
    url = "https://api.flipkart.net/sellers/orders/shipments"
    params = {'orderItemsIds': ','.join(orderItemIds)}
    return self.session.get(url, params=params)

The differences from the version you have in the question are that orderItemIds is assumed to be a list of strings and is being joined with commas, and the data keyword is replaced with params, which is the right choice for a GET request.

edited Aug 10, 2015 at 10:26

answered Aug 10, 2015 at 9:17

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Manish Gupta Over a year ago

It gives %2C in url instead of ,

Cyphase Over a year ago

%2C is the escape code for ,; that's automatically done for compatibility reasons, but they're equivalent. See here for further explanation: stackoverflow.com/questions/21049152/…

Martijn Pieters Over a year ago

A bit more explanation would be helpful; you changed data to params (so that URL query parameters are generated instead of a request body) and joined the ids with commas.

hspandher · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-10 09:22:52Z

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You can easily send get parameters in python requests library-

data = {
    'orderItemsIds': ['id1', 'id2', 'id3']
}

response = requests.get(url, data = data)

edited Aug 10, 2015 at 9:22

answered Aug 10, 2015 at 9:09

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Cyphase Over a year ago

data is not the right keyword, and passing it a list will result in multiple instances of orderItemsIds in the URL, not one with a comma-separated list of ids.

Martijn Pieters Over a year ago

You want to use params, not data. The former gives you URL parameters, the latter the request body (use that when POSTing instead).

Martijn Pieters Over a year ago

But passing in the elements as a list will not produce the desired URL anyway. The question isn't clear if the OP can accept orderItemsIds=id1&orderItemsIds=id2&orderItemsIds=id3 or that they really must have orderItemsIds={id1,id2,id3}.

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