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 · 2012-01-09T05:10:45.470

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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.

edited Jan 09 '12 at 05:10

answered Jan 09 '12 at 04:45

Paulo Scardine

What if I need to include a body in my request? – Andrew Jan 09 '12 at 04:46
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I don't think you are supposed to include a body when using the GET method. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/978061/http-get-with-request-body – Paulo Scardine Jan 09 '12 at 04:48

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 09 '12 at 07:33

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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 09 '12 at 07:33

jcollado

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