Python code like curl

Question

in curl i do this:

curl -u email:password http://api.foursquare.com/v1/venue.json?vid=2393749

How i can do this same thing in python?

Answer 1

Here's the equivalent in pycurl:

import pycurl
from StringIO import StringIO

response_buffer = StringIO()
curl = pycurl.Curl()

curl.setopt(curl.URL, "http://api.foursquare.com/v1/venue.json?vid=2393749")

curl.setopt(curl.USERPWD, '%s:%s' % ('youruser', 'yourpassword'))

curl.setopt(curl.WRITEFUNCTION, response_buffer.write)

curl.perform()
curl.close()

response_value = response_buffer.getvalue()

Answer 2

"The problem could be that the Python libraries, per HTTP-Standard, first send an unauthenticated request, and then only if it's answered with a 401 retry, are the correct credentials sent. If the Foursquare servers don't do "totally standard authentication" then the libraries won't work.

Try using headers to do authentication:"

taked from Python urllib2 Basic Auth Problem

import urllib2
import base64

req = urllib2.Request('http://api.foursquare.com/v1/venue.json?vid=%s' % self.venue_id)
req.add_header('Authorization: Basic ',base64.b64encode('email:password'))
res = urllib2.urlopen(req)