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I am trying to send some data to an API.

All information I have is:

ImportUsersFile

Verbs POST

Requires authentication False

Parameters

  • jobName: string
  • token: CancellationToken

The information is given in their site/api.mvc/

Is there any way of knowing, in advance, what format/columns this is expecting?

I wanted to use ImportUsersFile to send some users data to. The API is from the company signinworkspace.

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  • What' s your question ? Commented Jan 17 at 13:09
  • How to know what it expects... I assume when you send some data through POST to an API, it expects some sort of format, doesnt it? Commented Jan 17 at 13:17
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    As it is written, i would assume you send the data form-encoded, if you use requests you can easily switch between form-encoded or json Commented Jan 17 at 13:22
  • I read the link. It says “to do this, simply pass a dictionary to the data argument.”. Nice; I can do that. But is is the same true for all POST, regardless of the API?? So I can assume that whatever I send to the API as long as it’s a dictionary it will be received? (I could be wrong; but I was expecting a certain number of key, with specific names) Commented Jan 17 at 13:35
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    Usually the API defines which format to use, but there are just 2 parameters: jobName, token. The format should be defined somewhere in the API spec or the API can handle both formats form/json. Commented Jan 17 at 13:43
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