Doing a file upload with python-oauth2

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A Get request is pretty easy:

def build_request(url, method='GET'):
    params = {                                            
        'oauth_version': "1.0",
        'oauth_nonce': oauth2.generate_nonce(),
        'oauth_timestamp': int(time.time())
    }
    consumer = oauth2.Consumer(key='****',secret='******')
    params['oauth_consumer_key'] = consumer.key

    req = oauth2.Request(method=method, url=url, parameters=params)
    signature_method = oauth2.SignatureMethod_HMAC_SHA1()
    req.sign_request(signature_method, consumer, None)
    return req

But now, we want to make a POST with a file. (We're using the library python-oauth2). Suggestions?

I made example here, with API v2 gist.github.com/1242662 Thanks for @jterrace — velocityzen
– velocityzen, Commented Sep 28, 2011 at 8:07

jterrace · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-03 19:35:58Z

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The problem is that oauth is not supposed to sign multipart/post data, but it still needs to sign the other parameters. The way I got around it was to use python-oauth2 to sign the non-file parameters and then send the request manually with urllib2.

Here's an example script. See lines 126 - 173.

answered Aug 3, 2011 at 19:35

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Bassdread · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-03 19:27:39Z

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From reading the source it appears that Request takes a method to state with HTTP request to use.

Simply change your req to

req = oauth2.Request(method='POST', url=url, parameters=params)

https://github.com/simplegeo/python-oauth2/blob/master/oauth2/init.py#L342 for more info

That might go part way to solving your issue, as for the file upload you might be aable to work with supplying headers with the content see:

https://github.com/simplegeo/python-oauth2/blob/master/oauth2/init.py#L646

Apologies I have not had chance to test this yet.

edited Aug 3, 2011 at 19:27

answered Aug 3, 2011 at 19:19

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