giphy upload trouble

giphy_example.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

'''
    giphy demo
'''

__author__ = 'Matt Joyce'
__email__ = 'matt@nycresistor.com'
__copyright__ = 'Copyright 2016-2018, BLAH'

import argparse
import requests


class NOPKCS():

    def __init__(self):
        self.blah = 'dummy info'

    def GET_query(uri, req_args=None, headers=None):
        ''' Generic GET query method '''
        # GET request methods only require sessionTokens
        if headers is None:
            headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
            # headers = {'content-type': 'application/octet-stream'}
        # HTTP GET query method using requests module
        try:
            if req_args is None:
                response = requests.get(uri,
                                        stream=True,
                                        headers=headers,
                                        verify=True)
            else:
                response = requests.get(uri + str(req_args),
                                        headers=headers,
                                        # settings.STATICMAP_URL.format(**data),
                                        stream=True,
                                        verify=True)
        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
            print e
            return '500', 'Internal Error in RESTful.GET_query()'

        # return the token
        return response.status_code, response.text

    def POST_query(self, uri, req_args=None, files=None, headers=None,):
        ''' Generic POST query method '''
        # HTTP POST queries require keyManagerTokens and sessionTokens
        if files is None:
            print 'no attachment specified'
        if headers is None:
            print 'headers not specified defaulting'
            headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
        # HTTP POST query to keymanager authenticate API
        try:
            response = requests.post(uri,
                                     headers=headers,
                                     data=req_args,
                                     files=files,
                                     verify=True)
        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as errstr:
            return '500', 'Internal Error in RESTful.POST_query(' + errstr + ')'
        # return the token
        return response.status_code, response


def main():
    ''' main loop '''
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='giphy demo')
    parser.add_argument(
        'gif', type=str,
        help='specify gif file')
    args = parser.parse_args()

    REST = NOPKCS()
    gif = args.gif

    with open(gif, 'rb') as f:
        files = {'file': f}
        headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8', 'Accept': 'application/json', 'api_key': 'REDACTED'}
        req_args = {'tags': 'example'}
        # req_args = {'tags': 'example', 'source_image_url': 'http://i.imgur.com/JGBUyG0.mp4'}
        uri = 'https://upload.giphy.com/v1/gifs'
        status_code, response = REST.POST_query(uri, req_args, files=files, headers=headers)
        print "(%s) : %s" % (str(status_code), response.text)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()