python 3.x - Convert Curl Request

Question

would someone be able to convert this curl?

curl -X POST "https://api2.isbndb.com/books" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Authorization: special access key" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "isbns=9781492666868,9781616555719"

I did so like this:

import requests
headers = {
    'accept': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'special access key',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
}

data = {
    'isbns': '9781492666868,9781616555719'
}

response = requests.post('https://api2.isbndb.com/books', headers=headers, data=data)

The results that i get from this are below:

print(response.json())
{'total': 0, 'requested': 1, 'data': []}

I do get the book data results I am looking for when I change my data dict to:

data = {
    'isbns': '9781492666868'
}

So, I am little confused on how to approach this. Any thoughts are appreciated.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65928454/convert-curl-request

Answer 1

when you set header Content-Type to application/json, instead of argument data you should use json argument

response = requests.post('https://api2.isbndb.com/books', headers=headers, json=data)

second option is to use data argument with json.dumps

response = requests.post('https://api2.isbndb.com/books', headers=headers, data=json.dumps(data))

your case works when Content-Type is application/x-www-form-urlencoded