Learn Web Development with Python

Making HTTP POST requests

Now, we will compose and send an HTTP request to create a new toy:

    http POST :8000/toys/ name="PvZ 2 puzzle" description="Plants vs        Zombies 2 puzzle" toy_category="Puzzle" was_included_in_home=false     release_date="2017-10-08T01:01:00.776594Z"  

The following is the equivalent curl command. It is very important to use the -H "Content-Type: application/json" option to indicate to curl that it should send the data specified after the -d option as application/json instead of the default application/x-www-form-urlencoded:

    curl -iX POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"name":"PvZ       2 puzzle", "description":"Plants vs Zombies 2 puzzle",        "toy_category":"Puzzle", "was_included_in_home": "false",  "release_date": ...