Example request POST by Python

request-post.py

#!python3

"""
requirements:

requests==2.19.1

Reference: http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/user/quickstart/
"""

import requests

def request(list-dict):
    try:
        req_body = json.dumps(list-dict).encode()
        autorization = "Basic {}".format(API_AUTH_HASH)            
        headers = {
            'Authorization': autorization,
            'Accept': 'application/json',
            'Cache-Control': 'no-cache',
            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
            'Content-Length': str(len(req_body))
        }
        response = requests.post(API_URL, data=req_body, headers=headers)
        if response.status_code not in (200, 201):     
            print('Response status_code: {}'.format(response.status_code))

    except Exception as e:
        print('Request Error: {}'.format(e))