topic Re: Python variable in json payload in Network Platform API

Python variable in json payload

damgol — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 19:19:49 GMT

Hello,

I am not JSON expert so I am looking for help.

I want to pass on a python variable to payload in JSON format.

I was trying with code below but it doesn't work. I have info that JSON submitted is wrong.

My code is:

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import requests

myname = "TESTNAME"

payload = '''{
"name": myname,
"timeZone": "America/Los_Angeles"
}'''

headers = {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Accept": "application/json",
"X-Cisco-Meraki-API-Key": ""
}

response = requests.request('POST', url, headers=headers, data = payload)

print(response.text.encode('utf8'))

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Of course payload below works perfectly but I need variables to be able to pass them through argv in the future.

payload = '''{
"name": "TESTNAME",
"timeZone": "America/Los_Angeles"
}'''

Philip D'Ath — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 20:07:43 GMT

Try:

payload = {
"name": myname,
"timeZone": "America/Los_Angeles"
}

damgol — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 21:05:03 GMT

payload = {
"name": myname,
"timeZone": "America/Los_Angeles"
}

It doesn't work:

{"status":400,"error":"Bad request: There was a problem in the JSON you submitted"}

Philip D'Ath — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 00:23:51 GMT

Try changing the request to (and keep the prior payload format I supplied):

response = requests.request('POST', url, headers=headers, data = json.dumps(payload))

Philip D'Ath — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 00:25:08 GMT

You'll also need to add at the top:

import json

damgol — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 08:37:21 GMT

Yes. It works.

Thank you very much!