gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import urllib2
import urllib
import json
import pprint

request = urllib2.Request(
    'http://192.168.33.20:8080/api/action/package_show')

request.add_header('Authorization', 'XXXXX')

id_list = ['xxxx', 'yyyy', 'zzzz']

for item in id_list:
    id_dict = {'id': item}

    id_string = urllib.quote(json.dumps(id_dict))

    response = urllib2.urlopen(request, id_string)
    assert response.code == 200

    response_dict = json.loads(response.read())
    assert response_dict['success'] is True

    show_package = response_dict['result']
    pprint.pprint(show_package)

    def replace_license(license_key, new_value):
        for key in show_package.keys():
            if key == license_key:
                show_package[key] = new_value

    replace_license('license_id', '')
    replace_license('license_title', '')
    replace_license('license_url', '')

    pprint.pprint(show_package)

    data_string = urllib.quote(json.dumps(show_package))

    request1 = urllib2.Request(
        'http://192.168.33.20:8080/api/action/package_update')

    request1.add_header('Authorization', 'XXXX')

    response1 = urllib2.urlopen(request1, data_string)
    assert response1.code == 200

    response_dict1 = json.loads(response1.read())
    assert response_dict1['success'] is True

    updated_package = response_dict1['result']
    pprint.pprint(updated_package)