gistfile1.py

import requests
import os
import json
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

def upload(uploadfile,title,description):
    #with the parameters we go authenticate
    payload = {'username': 'jmwenda', 'password': 'blahblah','submit':'Login','api_key':'mysample'}
    headers = {'Content-type': 'application/json', 'Accept': 'text/plain'}
    r = requests.post("https://mysourcemap.com/member/login?format=json", data=json.dumps(payload),headers=headers)
    #requests.get('http://beta.mysourcemap.com/member/login?format=json', auth=HTTPBasicAuth('jmwenda', 'blahblah'))
    #print requests.
    import pdb;pdb.set_trace()
    # print r.json()
    print r.text
upload = upload("uploadfile","title","description")
print 'this is the upload'