Specify request method with urllib2?

Question

This code produces a POST request:

urllib2.urlopen("http://somedomain.com/", data)

I would like to produce a GET request - any ideas on how to do that?

Thanks for the help!

Paulo Scardine · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-09 05:10:45Z

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Try:

urllib2.urlopen("http://somedomain.com/?" + data)

[edited]

If you want to send xml/json/etc data in the body, use something like:

urllib2.urlopen("http://somedomain.com/?" + parameters, data)

This will use the POST method, but any "GET" parameters will also be available to your application.

answered Jan 9, 2012 at 4:45

Paulo Scardine

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What if I need to include a body in my request?

I don't think you are supposed to include a body when using the GET method. See stackoverflow.com/questions/978061/http-get-with-request-body

jcollado · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-09 07:33:52Z

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Alternatively, you also use requests that has a more explicit API:

r = requests.get('https://github.com/timeline.json')

r = requests.post("http://httpbin.org/post")

answered Jan 9, 2012 at 7:33

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