Python requests delete with body

I'm using the requests package for interacting with the toggl.com API.

I can perform GET and POST requests:

    payload = {'some':'data'}
    headers = {'content-type': 'application/json'}
    url = "//www.toggl.com/api/v6/" + data_description + ".json"
    response = requests.post[url, data=json.dumps[payload], headers=headers,auth=HTTPBasicAuth[toggl_token, 'api_token']]

but i cant seem to find a way to perform a DELETE request. Is this possible?

tkone

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asked Apr 17, 2012 at 12:57

Use requests.delete instead of requests.post

payload = {'some':'data'}
headers = {'content-type': 'application/json'}
url = "//www.toggl.com/api/v6/" + data_description + ".json"

response = requests.delete[
    url, 
    data=json.dumps[payload], 
    headers=headers,
    auth=HTTPBasicAuth[toggl_token, 'api_token']
]

answered Apr 17, 2012 at 13:02

Elvis D'SouzaElvis D'Souza

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import requests
url = 'url.example.ap'
headers = {
    'content-type': "multipart/form-data; boundary=---- ",
    'X-Auth-Token': ""anytoken"",
    'Cache-Control': "no-cache"
    }
r = requests.delete[url, headers=headers]
n = os.write[sys.stdout.fileno[], r.content]
print r.content == r.text

answered Sep 13, 2018 at 7:38

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❮ Requests Module

Example

Make a DELETE request to a web page, and return the response text:

import requests

x = requests.delete['//w3schools.com/python/demopage.php']

print[x.text]

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Definition and Usage

The delete[] method sends a DELETE request to the specified url.

DELETE requests are made for deleting the specified resource [file, record etc].

Syntax

requests.delete[url, args]

args means zero or more of the named arguments in the parameter table below. Example:

requests.delete[url, timeout=2.50]

Parameter Values

ParameterDescription

url	Try it	Required. The url of the request
allow_redirects	Try it	Optional. A Boolean to enable/disable redirection. Default `True` [allowing redirects]
auth	Try it	Optional. A tuple to enable a certain HTTP authentication. Default `None`
cert	Try it	Optional. A String or Tuple specifying a cert file or key. Default `None`
cookies	Try it	Optional. A dictionary of cookies to send to the specified url. Default `None`
headers	Try it	Optional. A dictionary of HTTP headers to send to the specified url. Default `None`
proxies	Try it	Optional. A dictionary of the protocol to the proxy url. Default `None`
stream	Try it	Optional. A Boolean indication if the response should be immediately downloaded [False] or streamed [True]. Default `False`
timeout	Try it	Optional. A number, or a tuple, indicating how many seconds to wait for the client to make a connection and/or send a response. Default `None` which means the request will continue until the connection is closed
verify	Try it Try it	Optional. A Boolean or a String indication to verify the servers TLS certificate or not. Default `True`