Python request gives 415 error while post data

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I am getting 415 error while posting data to server. This is my code how can i solve this problem. Thanks in advance!

import requests
import json
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
#headers = {'content-type':'application/javascript'}
#headers={'content-type':'application/json', 'Accept':'application/json'}
url = 'http://IPadress/kaaAdmin/rest/api/sendNotification'
data = {"name": "Value"}
r = requests.post(url, auth=HTTPBasicAuth('shany.ka', 'shanky1213'),json=data)
print(r.status_code)
http-status-code-415 python-requests python
3 Answers

According to MDN Web Docs,

The HTTP 415 Unsupported Media Type client error response code indicates that the server refuses to accept the request because the payload format is in an unsupported format.

The format problem might be due to the request's indicated Content-Type or Content-Encoding, or as a result of inspecting the data directly.

In your case, I think you've missed the headers. Uncommenting

headers={
    'Content-type':'application/json', 
    'Accept':'application/json'
}

and including headers in your POST request:

r = requests.post(
    url, 
    auth=HTTPBasicAuth('shany.ka', 'shanky1213'),
    json=data,
    headers=headers
)

should do the trick

import requests
import json
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth


headers = {
    'Content-type':'application/json', 
    'Accept':'application/json'
}
url = 'http://IPadress/kaaAdmin/rest/api/sendNotification'
data = {"name": "Value"}

r = requests.post(
    url, 
    auth=HTTPBasicAuth('shany.ka', 'shanky1213'), 
    json=data, 
    headers=headers
)
print(r.status_code)
user_71317570

As a workaround, try hitting your api using Postman. When you can successfully hit the api in postman, generate python code in postman (button is present in the top right corner). You can copy the code in your python project.

user_98630800

Another possible cause is using requests.post when you should be using requests.get or vice versa. I doubt that this is a common problem, but in my case a server that was happy to accept an HTTP GET for a search rejects it with a 415 when HTTP POST is used instead. (Yet another site required that a search be requested using HTTP POST. It was reusing that code that caused my problem.)

user_53574060
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