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 Oct 22 '12 at 16:11 — Dennis Ritchie, Oct 22 '12 at 16:11

score 32 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 22 '12 at 16:18

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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 '12 at 16:18

Burhan Khalid

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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 Oct 22 '12 at 16:44
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should I add the file in `data` parameter dict.?/? – Dennis Ritchie Oct 22 '12 at 16:44
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No, add it to the `files` parameter, the `data` parameter is for form data. – Burhan Khalid Jan 08 '14 at 04:28
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@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)? – variable Jul 20 '20 at 07:53
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use `request.form` in flask endpoint to retrieve the data. – j4hangir Sep 25 '20 at 13:37

Uploading files using requests and send extra data

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