Requests: URL params with special chars fail

[ogonbat]

Hi all

i have to open this link

http://www.mytest.com/rest?api_key=username:password

i do a post or a get call

host= "http://www.mytest.com/rest"
queryParams = {"api_key" : "{}:{}".format(username, password)}
requests.post(host, params=queryString)

and the server return 500 error, this is because the requests send that call
http://www.mytest.com/rest?api_key=username%3Apassword
and is not correct

have some solution?
thanks in advance for your help

[patallen]

I believe the only solution at this time is to drop the params keyword argument and just use a plain old string.

requests.post('{0}?api_key={1}:{2}'.format(host, username, password))

[lutzhorn]

Your query parameter api_key will be URL encoded as api_key?username%3Apassword by requests. This is correct, passing it unencoded using a plain colon : is not recommended.

So if the server you try to access can't URL decode the parameter value, the server should be fixed.

[Lukasa]

Requests will avoid aggressively handling your string if you do what @patallen suggests, which should resolve your problem, but @lutzhorn is right: the server should accept both, and is at fault here. :smile:

[StewPoll]

I'd also add that sending a password via a http connection isn't a good
idea either, especially as part of the url

[ogonbat]

Hi All

thank you for your help
@lutzhorn is true, and i have reported the problem as well, but i'm sure that is a bit difficult to solve from the server part, is Asterisk the open source PBX and have a very large list of issues.
@TetraEtc yes but the URL is into the internal network and have no external access

@Lukasa and @patallen , thank you i will use your suggestion, hope is work well