If I make the request api-key = 'asdfklhsdfkjahsdlgkjahlkdjahfsa' url = 'https://www.website.com' headers = {'api-key': api-key, 'Content-Type': 'application/json'} request_data = {'foo': 'bar', 'egg': 'spam'} result = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=request_data) The server is contacted. Suppose that instead I want to do something like request_string = requests.foobar(url, headers=headers, data=request_data) import os os.system('curl ' + request_string) So that I can look to see what the request is doing without bothering the server (possibly to the point that I could c&p it into curl), what would foobar be? Or in general, what is a way to inspect the contents of the request without making it? Continue reading...
