How to call curl command from python

Question

I have a command as below

Result = os.open(“curl -u username:password https://hostname/stafftools/reports/all_users.csv -k”).read()

It’s returning nothing.

can someone help me out?

`os.system(“curl -u username:password https://hostname/stafftools/reports/all_users.csv -k”)` — Raoslaw Szamszur, Nov 20 '18 at 16:07
Possible duplicate of [Calling an external command in Python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/89228/calling-an-external-command-in-python) — s3cur3, Nov 20 '18 at 16:07
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/238180/execute-shell-commands-in-python — Raoslaw Szamszur, Nov 20 '18 at 16:08
This is working fine....problem with curl not available in pycharm.....installed curl in pycharm....then after all commands.....os.open....os.system....subprocess giving same results. Thank you!! — Krishna Nagidi, Nov 23 '18 at 04:44

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 20 '18 at 16:09

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You should use the subprocess module:

import subprocess

result = subprocess.call(["curl", "-u", "username:password", "https://hostname/stafftools/reports/all_users.csv", "-k"])

Find more information here.

answered Nov 20 '18 at 16:09

berkelem

It’s working perfectly...thank you very much for your time. – Krishna Nagidi Nov 23 '18 at 04:39
You're welcome. If this helped answer your question feel free to accept this as the answer. – berkelem Nov 23 '18 at 07:50

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