From form data to postman

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I have created a simple website wherein i have a form. Upon entering the form data my code creates a dictionary with the key value pairs.
i have printed the dictionary out successfully in pycharm, but my confusion is how to send this data over to postman as a post request.

the basic syntax i am using is:

response=requests.post(add_url, json=data)

however, it doesn’t seem to be playing ball!
in postman the post request key values are “x-www-form-urlencoded”.
This is the first time i’ve worked independently with postman, so excuse me if i’m not explaining myself very clearly.

thanks

2

Welcome to the community @photonbeem :wave:

Where are you getting stuck? Are you able to show us a screenshot of Postman and what isn’t working for you?

Thanks!

3

thanks for the swift response!

i have created this app route…

I know for a fact that the data is being collated from the form (as it prints out), and also i am able to retrieve data from the api… just can’t add it!

cheers
the code is pasted below, hope it’s clear…

@app.route(“/add”, methods=[‘GET’, ‘POST’])
def add_cafe():
add_form=AddCafeForm()

if add_form.validate_on_submit():

    name = add_form.name.data
    map_url = add_form.map_url.data
    img_url = add_form.img_url.data
    location = add_form.location.data
    has_sockets = add_form.has_sockets.data
    has_toilets = add_form.has_toilets.data
    has_wifi = add_form.has_wifi.data
    can_take_calls = add_form.can_take_calls.data
    seats = add_form.seats.data
    coffee_price = add_form.coffee_price.data
    name=name.title()
    location=location.title()
    if has_sockets=="Yes":
        has_sockets=True
    else:
        has_sockets=False
    if has_toilets=="Yes":
        has_toilet=True
    else:
        has_toilet=False
    if has_wifi=="Yes":
        has_wifi=True
    else:
        has_wifi=False
    if can_take_calls=="Yes":
        can_take_calls=True
    else:
        can_take_calls=False
    coffee_price="£"+coffee_price

    add_url=ADD_CAFES_API
    data={
        "name": name,
        "map_url": map_url,
        "img_url": img_url,
        "location":location,
        "has_sockets":has_sockets,
        "has_toilet":has_toilet,
        "has_wifi":has_wifi,
        "can_take_calls":can_take_calls,
        "seats":seats,
        "coffee_price":coffee_price

    }
    print(data)

 response=requests.post(add_url, json=data)
4

oh, if i manually add date to the postman app it works fine…

5

So is that what you were missing? Is there anything else you need help with?

6

i just need to know why postman isn’t receiving the data from the form in the website (data is being collected AND the postman works when i enter data to it on the windows app). i just can’t seem to post the the requests from the website to postman. really frustrating.

7

Are you expecting Postman to collect the data from your website automatically? I’m afraid it doesn’t work that way :grimacing:

8

no… all i want to do is send postman new data so that updates the api.
ie… every time i enter new data in the form on the website, it should send the post request. i might be missing the point here, i’ll hold my hands up and admit defeat if i am, but what’s the point in a restful api if you can’t send request posts to it?
excuse any misunderstandings i have… it’s a whole new world to me!
cheers

9

Your website isn’t going to talk to Postman directly. I think you’re thinking it’s going to do something like this?

Your web form → Postman → API

Is that right?

In reality, they site side by side and Postman is not part of the flow from your website.