CkPython

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"

CkPython

import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

http = chilkat.CkHttp()
req = chilkat.CkHttpRequest()

# 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.put_Login("PAYPAL_REST_API_CLIENT_ID")
http.put_Password("PAYPAL_REST_API_SECRET")

# Sends a POST request where the Content-Type is application/x-www-form-urlencoded
req.put_HttpVerb("POST")
req.put_ContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded")

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

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

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