HTTP Server Request using Requests for Python

server-calls.py

# Using python 2.7?
# Open your terminal and run: pip install requests
# Using python 3?
# Open your terminal and run: pip3 install requests

# More information about the requests library can be found here: https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests

# Imports are required for both calls
import json
import requests

# Example GET Call
def exampleGet():
  # This endpoint/url is a POST, so you may have to change the URL to another
  # URL that supports a get request.
  url = "https://keithweaver.ca/blog/posts/27/test"
  
  result = requests.get(url)
  
  if(result.status_code == 200):
    # Since we received a 200, we did find our correct endpoint. The URL
    # is returning a JSON object.
    response = result.json()
    # Repsonse from server is as follows:
    # {
    #   success: true,
    #   message: "Yeah it worked, we could find your data!"
    # }
    if (response['success'] == True):
      print response['msg']
    else:
      print 'Other'
  else:
    print 'Another server status code other than 200.'
    
# Example POST Call
def examplePost():
  url = "https://keithweaver.ca/blog/posts/27/test"
  # Post fields supports a dictionary
  post_fields = {'parameterOne': 'bar','parameterTwo':1}
  # You could also do:
  # post_fields = {}
  # post_fields ['parameterOne'] = 'bar'
  # post_fields ['parameterTwo'] = 1
  
  result = requests.post(url, post_fields)
  if(result.status_code == 200):
    response = result.json()
    if (response['success'] == True):
      print response['msg']
    else:
      print 'Other'
  else:
    print 'Another server status code other than 200.'