API Query Doesn't return results when "params" is encoded into a get request but API-CodePudding

So when I access the API target via Postman with the URL below, it works fine without any issues

base_url = https://api.cats.net/orgs/CatEmpire/audit-log?phrase=action:stuck_on_tree date_of_event:2022-01-11

However, when I append the below parameters into my request, the URL comes out differently and I'm no longer able to get results

parameters = {
    'action:': 'stuck_on_tree',
    'date_of_event:': '2022-01-11'
}

PAT = asdasdhdhdhhd123123

response = requests.get(base_url, headers={"Accept": "application/vnd.github.v3 json", "Authorization": f"Bearer {PAT}"}, params=parameters)

print(response.request.url)
#This returns https://api.cats.net/orgs/CatEmpire/audit-log?phrase=&action:=stuck_on_tree&date_of_event:=2022-01-11

I have tried to use:

paramters_string = urllib.parse.urlencode(parameters, safe='')

And then I updated my response variable below, but the results are still exaxtly the same. I have tried to do some digging but I can't seem to figure out if this an issue because I'm using a dictionary to pass the params, or if there's something else that I'm not able to understand. I'm fairly new to Python.

`response = requests.get(base_url, headers={"Accept": "application/vnd.github.v3 json", "Authorization": f"Bearer {PAT}"}, params=parameters)`

CodePudding user response：

Your base URL should not include part of your query string (?phrase=).

Use this for your base URL:

https://api.cats.net/orgs/CatEmpire/audit-log

For your parameters, use this:

parameters = {
    'phrase': 'action:stuck_on_tree date_of_event:2022-01-11'
}

Update

Since you can't URL encode your parameters due to API constraints, you'll have to pass them as a string like so:

parameters = 'phrase=action:stuck_on_tree date_of_event:2022-01-11'

CodePudding user response：

have you tried ?

PAT = "asdasdhdhdhhd123123"

data = parameters

this is just an example of authorization request:

import requests
endpoint = ".../api/ip"
data = {"ip": "1.1.2.3"}
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer MYREALLYLONGTOKENIGOT"}
response = requests.post(endpoint, data=data, headers=headers)