Python 3 example script for sending data to a web application using the post method.

post_test.py

"""
post_test.py
An example script that shows how to send data by post-method from
command-line to a web application.
"""
import urllib.request as request
import urllib.response as response
import urllib.parse as parse

url_string = "http://localhost:8085/A_WebApp/targetservlet"
data_dict = {'testFormVar': 'foobar'}
data = parse.urlencode(data_dict)
binary_data = data.encode('utf-8')
req = request.Request(url_string, binary_data)
sock = request.urlopen(req)
raw_result = sock.read()