Pass user input to authorization header in post request using python

Question

I want to send user input (username and password) to the Header in post request. I have this so far-

import requests                                                                                                                                                              
import urllib3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
import json                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
import getpass                                                                                                                                                               
urllib3.disable_warnings()                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                            
url = "https://127.0.0.1"                                                                                                                               
username = raw_input("Enter the username: ")                                                                                                                                 
password = getpass.getpass()                                                                                                                                                 
payload = "relevance=(members of computer group whose (name = \"ABC\") of computers)"                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                             
headers = {                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    'username': username,                                                                                                                                                    
    'password': password,                                                                                                                                                    
     'Content-Type': 'application/xml',                                                                                                                                      
}                                                                                                                                                                            
response = requests.post(url, verify=False, headers=headers, payload=payload)                                                                                                  
print(response)

I'm getting a 401 error. But when I use Basic auth, it works-

headers = {
    'Authorization': 'Basic akjrgbierhgiehg',
    'Content-Type': 'application/xml',
}

Please advise.

maybe it want the credentials in the body ?

Karl Mounguengui
– Karl Mounguengui

2022-10-19 21:18:09 +00:00
Commented Oct 19, 2022 at 21:18 — Karl Mounguengui
– Karl Mounguengui, Commented Oct 19, 2022 at 21:18

gee3107 · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-19 21:23:52Z

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Username and password go in the auth keyword of requests. Remove them from headers but pass them in requests.post

headers = {                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
     'Content-Type': 'application/xml',                                                                                                                                      
}
response = requests.post(url, verify=False, headers=headers, payload=payload, auth=(username, password))

answered Oct 19, 2022 at 21:23

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3 Comments

jenhenry Over a year ago

I'm getting the below error- response = requests.post(url, verify=False, headers=headers, payload=payload, auth=(username, password)) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/api.py", line 108, in post return request('post', url, data=data, json=json, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/api.py", line 50, in request response = session.request(method=method, url=url, **kwargs) TypeError: request() got an unexpected keyword argument 'payload'

jenhenry Over a year ago

I renamed "payload" to "data" and that worked. Thank you!

gee3107 Over a year ago

@jenhenry Yes, sorry the kwarg "payload" should be "data"

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