I think your code sends query json as application/x-www-form-urlencoded and not as json in the post request body. In the first case the query should be in q parameter as non-json similar to a get request. If you want to use the json query api then content type must be application/json
-ufuk — > On Dec 17, 2024, at 19:23, Andrew Hankinson <andrew.hankinson@rism.digital> > wrote: > > You're not actually POSTing the data. > > The requests module is a lot easier than using the urllib module. > > https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ > > r = requests.post('http://localhost:8983/solr/films/query', > data={"query":"*:*"}) > print(r.json()) > > This should set all the appropriate headers as well. > > -Andrew > >> On 17 Dec 2024, at 10:53, Macfarlane, Andrew >> <a.macfarlan...@city.ac.uk.INVALID> wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> I’m trying to connect with a SOLR server, using the POST methods in python, >> but I’m getting an error. >> >> This is the code (full file is attached): >> >> #Form the URL >> searchURL = 'http://localhost:8983/solr/films/query' >> >> querytext = {"json":{"query":"shane"}} >> #querytext = {"query":"*:*"} >> >> #form the query >> query = urllib.parse.urlencode(querytext).encode('utf-8') >> >> #get data from the server >> try: >> connection = urllib.request.Request(searchURL, query) >> except Exception as error: >> print("Connection failed: ", error) >> exit() >> >> connection.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json') >> >> #extract data from the connection made >> try: >> response = urllib.request.urlopen(connection) >> except Exception as error: >> print("No response returned: ", error) >> exit() >> >> Reponse is: >> >> solr-9.6.1>python python-apps\film-POST.py >> No response returned: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request >> >> Logging on the server gives: >> >> <image001.png> >> I’ve attempted many ways resolving this to address the issue, but with no >> success. Can someone help me please? >> >> Cheers >> Andy >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >
