HTTP Delete with python requests module

Question

I would like to do a HTTP DELETE with python requests module that follows the API below;

https://thingspeak.com/docs/channels#create

DELETE https://api.thingspeak.com/channels/4/feeds
       api_key=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

I am using python v2.7 and requests module. My python code looks like this;

def clear(channel_id):    
    data = {}
    data['api_key'] = 'DUCYS8xufsV613VX' 
    URL_delete = "http://api.thingspeak.com/channels/" + str(channel_id) + "/feeds"
    r = requests.delete(URL_delete, data)

The code does not work because requests.delete() can only accept one parameter. How should the correct code look like?

Answer 1

You want

import json
mydata = {}
mydata['api_key'] = "Jsa9i23jka"
r = requests.delete(URL_delete, data=json.dumps(mydata))

You have to use the named input, 'data', and I'm guessing that you actually want JSON dumped, so you have to convert your dictionary, 'mydata' to a json string. You can use json.dumps() for that.

I don't know the API you are using, but by the sound of it you actually want to pass URL parameter, not data, for that you need:

r = requests.delete(URL_delete, params=mydata)

No need to convert mydata dict to a json string.