Using headers with the Python requests library's get method
According to the API, the headers can all be passed in using requests.get:
import requestsr=requests.get("http://www.example.com/", headers={"content-type":"text"})
Seems pretty straightforward, according to the docs on the page you linked (emphasis mine).
requests.get(url, params=None, headers=None, cookies=None, auth=None, timeout=None)
Sends a GET request. Returns
Responseobject.Parameters:
- url – URL for the new
Requestobject.- params – (optional) Dictionary of GET Parameters to send with the
Request.- headers – (optional) Dictionary of HTTP Headers to send with the
Request.- cookies – (optional) CookieJar object to send with the
Request.- auth – (optional) AuthObject to enable Basic HTTP Auth.
- timeout – (optional) Float describing the timeout of the request.
This answer taught me that you can set headers for an entire session:
s = requests.Session()s.auth = ('user', 'pass')s.headers.update({'x-test': 'true'})# both 'x-test' and 'x-test2' are sents.get('http://httpbin.org/headers', headers={'x-test2': 'true'})