"Missing Input Data" message on python request

Question

I'm using this code

import urllib
import json
import requests

base_url = 'https://api.yomdam.com/1.0/stats/log'

headers = { "Content-type": "application/json",
            "Accept": "*/*",
            "YOMDAM-API-KEY":"1303-M0G7-AA8D-WWDN-MM7W-XXXX"}

message ={"log_payload": {"activity": "TEST","date": 1444403649404,"Key1": "Value1","Key2": "Value2"}}

r = requests.post(base_url, headers=headers, params = json.dumps(message))

I keep getting

{"message": "Missing Input Data. Required keys: [u'log_payload']"}

I've tried same request using Postman on chrome and it works, I don't know why code won't work.

Answer 1

You should probably be using the data keyword parameter to the requests.post call ie.:

r = requests.post(base_url, headers=headers, data=json.dumps(message))

This way the json ends up in the post body instead of in the url.

See my previous answer today.

EDIT

as pointed out below and as verified here you could simplify the call to:

r = requests.post(base_url, headers=headers, json=message)