how to upload a file using request.Post in python

Asked Apr 08 '20 at 04:49

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I have a python script that need to upload a file using http.client and payload packages. I tried to upload a text file using the parameters of request.post but the system crash and display the below error:

Exception has occurred: TypeError
request() got an unexpected keyword argument 'files'

I tried to pass a files parameter as a tuple as the document said.

code:

import http.client
from IPython.core import payload



files = {'document': open("F:/AIenv/textAnalysis/testin2.txt","r",encoding = "utf-8")}

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("farasa-api.qcri.org") 

headers = { "content-type": "application/json", "cache-control": "no-cache", }

conn.request("POST", "/msa/webapi/lemma", files = files, headers=headers)
res = conn.getresponse()

data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

asked Apr 08 '20 at 04:49

Pyleb Pyl3b

try `files = {'document': open(path, 'rb', encoding="utf-8')}` – gnahum Apr 08 '20 at 04:52
I would take a look at the [http documentation](https://docs.python.org/3/library/http.client.html#http.client.HTTPConnection.request) and look at the keyword arguments accepted. – Linny Apr 08 '20 at 04:55
@Linny ok based on the documentation it said one of the argument can be **an open file object** and that what i tried to do but still not working – Pyleb Pyl3b Apr 08 '20 at 05:01
@gnahum i tried your answer but still the same error – Pyleb Pyl3b Apr 08 '20 at 05:02
Just to make sure, the server side can receive a file correct? – gnahum Apr 08 '20 at 05:04
You should be using `requests.post` not `conn.request` – Barmar Apr 08 '20 at 05:15

how to upload a file using request.Post in python

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