Using Python Requests to maintain a session

Question

I am trying to login to a website and based on the REST API guide provided, I will be able to receive some data for an application.

The two steps required for me to enact are: 1. Send a HTTP post command for authentication. 2. Send a GET command for receiving the data.

When I send the post command using python requests, i receive the required json response showing my login rights. e.g. role admin.

However, when I perform the get command after, it doesn't retrieve the data but sends an HTML form showing that I require authentication even though I have authenticated already.

Has anyone encountered this and how will I be able to solve it?

I am working on this for a customer and as a result, cannot post the actual login I am using and url and will hence replace this with my name with the code I will display.

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Answer 1

You can take a look at the session object in the requests library. It's used to keep a session across multiple requests. https://3.python-requests.org/user/advanced/#session-objects

import requests
s = requests.Session()
s.get('http://httpbin.org/cookies/set?authcookie=123')
r = s.get('http://httpbin.org/cookies')
print(r.text)

This is a sample that uses a request session object to call a url that sets a cookie and then does another call with the same session (including the cookie). Just some basic example using http://httpbin.org/.