Converting cURL call with encode to python request

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Now before this gets marked as duplicate and downvoted, I've tried all the other links like (see below) and they don't help.

converting curl call to python requests

Convert cURL request to Python-Requests request

the cURL call i'm making is (Theres $ interpolation as its in an .sh file)

COOKIE_JAR=./program.cookies
LOGIN_URL= 'URL'
USER_ID = 'USERID'
PASSWORD = 'password'
VIEWSTATE = 'long string of text'

$(curl"$LOGIN_URL"-L -b "$COOKIE_JAR" -c "$COOKIE_JAR"
--data-urlencode "__VIEWSTATE=$viewstate" --data-urlencode "userid=$USER_ID" 
--data-urlencode "password=$PASSWORD") || printf >2 "failed to get token:\n%s" 
"$token" && printf "your token is:\n%s\n" "$token"

How can i translate this to the python requests form? Any help will be greatly appreciated!! :)

What do you mean with "they don't help"? The server doesn't get the right data or do you get an error? — Maximilian Peters, Aug 06 '16 at 15:07
As in, its a different form as I have to deal with cookies as well — Wboy, Aug 06 '16 at 15:13
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7164679/how-to-send-cookies-in-a-post-request-with-the-python-requests-library — Maximilian Peters, Aug 06 '16 at 15:17
Hey thanks for your help, its okay i got it working! didnt need the cookies :) — Wboy, Aug 06 '16 at 15:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 06 '16 at 15:27

So I managed to get it working, if anyone needs it:

 payload = {
        'userid': USERID,
        'password': PASSWORD,
        '__VIEWSTATE':viewstate # defined earlier
    }
    with requests.Session() as s:
        x = s.get(URL, params=payload,headers=headers)
        token = x.text

Didn't need the cookies after all!

Converting cURL call with encode to python request

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