Chilkat2-Python

Duplicate curl -u user:password with Chilkat HTTP

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Demonstrates how to duplicate a curl command that uses the -u username:password option. (This assumes HTTP Basic Authentication, and Chilkat requires Basic authentication to be over a TLS connection.)

Duplicates the following curl command:

curl https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/oauth2/token \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Accept-Language: en_US" \
  -u "Client-Id:Secret" \
  -d "grant_type=client_credentials"

Chilkat2-Python

import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

http = chilkat2.Http()
req = chilkat2.HttpRequest()

# The AddHeader method corresponds to the curl "-H" argument.
req.AddHeader("Accept","application/json")
req.AddHeader("Accept-Language","en_US")

# The curl "-d" argument specifies the HTTP request body.  In this case,
# we're sending an application/x-www-form-urlencoded request, and therefore
# the body contains the URL-encoded query parameters.
req.AddParam("grant_type","client_credentials")

http.Login = "PAYPAL_REST_API_CLIENT_ID"
http.Password = "PAYPAL_REST_API_SECRET"

# Sends a POST request where the Content-Type is application/x-www-form-urlencoded
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

resp = chilkat2.HttpResponse()
success = http.HttpReq("https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/oauth2/token",req,resp)
if (success == False):
    print(http.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

if (resp.StatusCode != 200):
    print("Error status code: " + str(resp.StatusCode))
    print(resp.BodyStr)
    sys.exit()

# The JSON response is in the resp BodyStr property
print(resp.BodyStr)
print("-- Success.")