Uploading files using requests and send extra data

Question

I am trying to upload a file using requests. I need to upload a PDF file and at the same time send some other data to the form like the author's name.

I tried this:

requests.get(url, files = {"file":open("file.txt"), "author" : "me" })

But it doesn't send data to the form.

@BurhanKhalid please look at the question again

Dennis Ritchie
– Dennis Ritchie

2012-10-22 16:11:40 +00:00
Commented Oct 22, 2012 at 16:11 — Dennis Ritchie
– Dennis Ritchie, Commented Oct 22, 2012 at 16:11

Burhan Khalid · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-22 16:18:44Z

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So I understand that you want to upload to a URL, a pdf file along with some extra parameters.

First error that you have is you are using .get() and not .post().

I am using samples from the documentation, which you should go through. This should get you started:

>>> url = 'http://httpbin.org/post'
>>> files = {'file': open('somefile.pdf', 'rb')}
>>> values = {'author': 'John Smith'}
>>> r = requests.post(url, files=files, data=values)

answered Oct 22, 2012 at 16:18

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5 Comments

Dennis Ritchie Over a year ago

I am asked to do this Make a multipart post request to http://server-url/oauth/. with the following form fields. AUTHOR, PDF FILE

Dennis Ritchie Over a year ago

should I add the file in data parameter dict.?/?

Burhan Khalid Over a year ago

No, add it to the files parameter, the data parameter is for form data.

variable Over a year ago

@BurhanKhalid - can you also advise how to retrieve this data in an endpoint. I am using flask and get the file contents using request.data. How can I get the additional data (values)?

j4hangir Over a year ago

use request.form in flask endpoint to retrieve the data.

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