Python GET request with a nested parameters

Question

I'm trying to write API client for Jira with Python requests lib according reference: https://developer.atlassian.com/server/jira/platform/jira-rest-api-examples/

Request to be generated:

http://localhost:8080/rest/api/2/search?jql=assignee=charlie&startAt=2&maxResults=2

As I know, parameters to GET request should be passed as dictionary like:

 params = {'assignee':'charlie', 'startAt':'2'}

But all main parameters are nested in jql parameter, so I assume there is should be a nested dict like:

 params = {'jql': {'assignee': 'charlie'}}

But that's doesn't work - as a result I've got request to

/rest/api/2/search?jql=assignee

As expect /rest/api/2/search?jql=assignee=charlie using

r = requests.get(url, params=params)

How to manage such request?

UPD:

To be more clear, I'd like to wrap request in a method with kwargs, like:

search_query(assignee='charlie', startAt=1, etc...)

And then generate a query using this params, but maybe there are any other ideas.

Richard Nemeth · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-28 22:17:30Z

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You are missing couple of key parameters, mainly if you are pushing data via requests, the data go into the data argument. Also the moment you push JSON data, you need to set the headers correctly as well. The last thing is authentication. Have you tried to post it in this manner?

import json
requests.post(url=url, headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
              auth=('username', 'password'), # your username and password
              data=json.dumps(params)
              )

Also by the JIRA documentation you've provided (https://developer.atlassian.com/server/jira/platform/jira-rest-api-examples/) if you want to push query as data, the url you want is /rest/api/2/search.

answered May 28, 2019 at 22:17

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Vladimir Over a year ago

The question is about Get request - it doesn't use data to push, just a parameters in a url string like ?param1=value1&param2=value2

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