Send json from file in requests

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I am trying to send a json file to a url (post). I am using data parameter to open the file and send it to the url:

r = requests.post(url_info, data=open(f, 'rb'), headers=headers, verify=False)

This works right now but I have been asked to use "json" insteand of "data" to send the file.

I have seen some examples using json created as dictionaries where this is working but I am not able to make it work from a file.

I have tried to use it directly:

json=open(f, 'rb')

In f I have the route to the json file. Serialize the json file with json.dumps(open.... But I always get a message telling me that

tnychn · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-08 11:36:35Z

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Try using the json module to load JSON data from the file.

import requests
import json

# open the file and load JSON data from it
with open(f, "r") as file:
    data = json.load(f)  # type(data) -> <class 'dict'>
# send POST request with the loaded data
r = requests.post(url_info, data=data, headers=headers, verify=False)

answered Aug 8, 2019 at 11:36

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DarkSideUser Over a year ago

Thanks @Tony.C I just changed data=data to json=data and it worked!

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