sending raw data in python requests

Question

I'm trying to send a POST request with python requests, containing the following data:

__VIEWSTATE=%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%2FRQ%2BPP7XKuKE1Yc7MfMt6j3NmJGEldOg%3D%3D&__VIEWSTATEGENERATOR=98F5786E&__EVENTVALIDATION=%2FwEWPwLc4fuhDgLPv6LBCALyveCRDwKt9JiEDQKyzcaDDQLQzfKVCgLi0PKVCgKwgbuWDQK4qIuIDAKDhrjXCAKT%2B%2B00AqGSlqELAoPh28wDAvSit9QCAsvep4YKAtj71VwC9pD07goC8rfjvgoCoryYqAECv6uC5A4C2dmTnQUCrdnKtgICyJiTrwsCjLGlBQKNsaUFAo6xpQUCj7GlBQKIsaUFAomxpQUCirGlBQKbsaUFApSxpQUCjLHlBgKMsekGAoyx7QYCjLHRBgKMsdUGAoyx2QYCjLHdBgKMscEGAoyxhQUCjLGJBQKNseUGAo2x6QYCjbHtBgKNsdEGAo2x1QYCjbHZBgKNsd0GAo2xwQYCjbGFBQKNsYkFAo6x5QYCjrHpBgLopM%2F9CwLsyZauAQL4oO3lBAK8yuqBCwL1hriZBwLUpvv7CALsqKmSDgLqoY%2BHAwLCi9reA5HII3R9bARNVKmrB9WBnfeJepHFJrdPAtcLnXlE%2BdKP&username2=gfk7ljlyks&password=boolbool1&password2=boolbool1&email=myeail%40gf.com&fname=&lname=&phone=&street=&city=&BYear=&Bmonth=%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8&Bday=1&career=&signature=&homepage=&icq=&Morehobbies=&allowmail=on&SendNews=on&chkterms=on&btnSubmit=%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%A5+%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9D+%D7%94%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%94+%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%A8

but as I see in the documentation, the only option is to add the data as a dict (which wouldn't work with that data for some reason)

Anyone has an idea how to send this data properly? (should result a 302) or even better, anyone knows how to turn this data in to a dict?

Thanks a lot :)

Answer 1

There's no issue sending raw post data:

raw_data = '__VIEWSTATE=%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%2FRQ%2BPP7XKuKE1Yc7MfMt6j3NmJGEldOg%3D%3D&__VIEWSTATEGENERATOR=98F5786E&__EVENTVALIDATION=%2FwEWPwLc4fuhDgLPv6LBCALyveCRDwKt9JiEDQKyzcaDDQLQzfKVCgLi0PKVCgKwgbuWDQK4qIuIDAKDhrjXCAKT%2B%2B00AqGSlqELAoPh28wDAvSit9QCAsvep4YKAtj71VwC9pD07goC8rfjvgoCoryYqAECv6uC5A4C2dmTnQUCrdnKtgICyJiTrwsCjLGlBQKNsaUFAo6xpQUCj7GlBQKIsaUFAomxpQUCirGlBQKbsaUFApSxpQUCjLHlBgKMsekGAoyx7QYCjLHRBgKMsdUGAoyx2QYCjLHdBgKMscEGAoyxhQUCjLGJBQKNseUGAo2x6QYCjbHtBgKNsdEGAo2x1QYCjbHZBgKNsd0GAo2xwQYCjbGFBQKNsYkFAo6x5QYCjrHpBgLopM%2F9CwLsyZauAQL4oO3lBAK8yuqBCwL1hriZBwLUpvv7CALsqKmSDgLqoY%2BHAwLCi9reA5HII3R9bARNVKmrB9WBnfeJepHFJrdPAtcLnXlE%2BdKP&username2=gfk7ljlyks&password=boolbool1&password2=boolbool1&email=myeail%40gf.com&fname=&lname=&phone=&street=&city=&BYear=&Bmonth=%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8&Bday=1&career=&signature=&homepage=&icq=&Morehobbies=&allowmail=on&SendNews=on&chkterms=on&btnSubmit=%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%A5+%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9D+%D7%94%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%94+%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%A8'
requests.post(url, data=raw_data)

A minor bonus is that your data is already percent encoded.

From the doc string:

post(url, data=None, json=None, **kwargs)
    Sends a POST request.

    :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
    :param data: (optional) Dictionary, bytes, or file-like object to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
    :param json: (optional) json data to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
    :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
    :return: :class:`Response <Response>` object
    :rtype: requests.Response

So data can be a dictionary, string/bytes, or a file-like object.

Perhaps you need to specify the Content-Type header like this:

requests.post(url, data=raw_data, headers={'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'})