Brent, you can read the raw body of a POST using the variable request.body
mic 2013/4/19 Brent Zeiben <bzei...@tuheadz.com> > Ok Thanks Niphlod > > Thought I could use json to prepare the data, using urllib.urlencode on > the dictionary instead. Didn't have to change the curl command. > > Thanks again. > > Brent > > > On Friday, 19 April 2013 01:52:57 UTC-6, Niphlod wrote: >> >> uhm... I may be wrong but.... request.restful accepts the args as a >> normal page, that is a application/x-www-form-**urlencoded or a >> multipart/form-data . with curl would be something like curl -d >> name=blablabla -d otherparameter=blablabla http://theurl >> >> On Friday, April 19, 2013 1:24:03 AM UTC+2, Brent Zeiben wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> I am using a python script to organize some data and try to send it into >>> web2py via the @request.restful() api. In the python script the text is >>> mainly input from a free form text field. ( I believe some Unicode >>> characters are in there as well, however I remove everything that is ord >>> 128 and above.) >>> >>> My problem arises when the text contains an ampersand (&) and probably >>> anything that isn't allowed in without the form encoding. I thought python >>> json would escape the character some way but it does not seem to. >>> >>> I am trying to use json to transfer this data to web2py via the curl >>> command within python. >>> >>> Python Script >>> >>> import json >>> import subprocess >>> >>> >>> url = >>> 'http://127.0.0.1:8000/**testing/default/api/people.**json<http://127.0.0.1:8000/testing/default/api/people.json> >>> ' >>> data = {"name":"My Full Name","biography":"Some simple information\n >>> about me & blah blah blah"} >>> >>> >>> jsondata = json.dumps(data) >>> result = subprocess.Popen(['curl', >>> '--user','username:password', >>> '-d', >>> jsondata, >>> url], stderr=subprocess.PIPE,stdout=**subprocess.PIPE).communicate()* >>> *[0] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> The web2py relevant parts >>> >>> db.py >>> >>> db.define_table('people', >>> Field('name','string',length=2**00,requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()), >>> Field('biography','text')) >>> >>> >>> default.py >>> >>> >>> auth.settings.allow_basic_**login=True >>> @auth.requires_login() >>> @request.restful() >>> def api(): >>> response.view = 'generic.' + request.extension >>> def POST(table_name,**vars): >>> if table_name == 'people': >>> return db.people.validate_and_insert(****vars) >>> else: >>> raise HTTP(400) >>> return locals() >>> >>> >>> So when the python script sends the data web2py complains because of the >>> escaping issue with the & in the data. I was doing some searching and >>> thought that changing the Content Type in the curl command to >>> application/json would help with this but then web2py has nothing in the >>> vars variable. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Brent >>> >> -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
