Python code for REST calls with cookiejar file

Question

I use following curl commands to fetch data using cookiejar file:

$ curl -sk -X 'POST' -d "[email protected]&password=mypassword" -c app.cookie-jar -k https://website.com/auth/authenticate
$ curl -sk -X 'GET' -H 'Accept: text/csv' -b app.cookie-jar https://website.com/api/systems > out.csv

Can someone help with python script that can help in achieving the same

Answer 1

Using Requests, set up a session to keep track of the cookie:

import requests

with requests.Session() as s:
    resp = s.post('https://website.com/auth/authenticate', data='[email protected]&password=mypassword')
    resp.raise_for_status()
    resp = s.get('https://website.com/api/systems', headers={'Accept': 'text/csv'})
    resp.raise_for_status()
    with open('out.csv', 'wb') as outf:
        outf.write(resp.content)