[PDB Tech] pdb, PUT, python, fail - or maybe stupidity...

[Elmar K. Bins]

Hi Mike,

mike.simkins at sungardas.com (Mike Simkins) wrote:

> It is probably just because it is redirecting through proofpoint, which mangles the URL with junk, change your URL to just be
>
> URL = 'https://api-user.......@peeringdb.com/api/net/12085'

That's of course what the URL looks like. URL mangling in mailing lists... what
has the world come to?

Elmar.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pdb-tech <pdb-tech-bounces at lists.peeringdb.com> On Behalf Of Elmar K. Bins
> Sent: 28 January 2020 11:05
> To: pdb-tech at lists.peeringdb.com
> Subject: [PDB Tech] pdb, PUT, python, fail - or maybe stupidity...
>
> Hi gents, ladies,
>
> Arnold asked me to post this to the list, maybe I'm just doing something very wrong. If anybody has a hint (or experience), that could potentially make me happy :-)
>
> Elmar.
>
> ===
>
> I'm trying to update a net object from python, using the requests library with the peeringdb RESTful API, essentially doing a PUT operation..
>
> Just in case I'm too stupid to ... here's the whole she-bang
>
> ---------- What I send:
>
> import request
>
> URL = 'https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__isc-2Dapiuser-3A-2A-2A-2A-2A-2A-2A-2A-2A-40peeringdb.com_api_net_12085&d=DwIGaQ&c=gYbc-GKV5BQa9zrq1GFCVg&r=S1PZn0PYDDYtiCW2fix2C1ZHo8KzLAckyehxqI4wl20&m=Bj5gpSKHmwyokLiDwTrX0jXf9zpTc2-BOA0tVEB24-I&s=m809anJEvmQAAbe3mQGEhilJNcZnYIdNFC67b1jafjE&e= '
>
> dict_headers = {
>         "Accept"       : "application/json",
>         "Content-Type" : "application/json",
>         }
>
> dict_changes = {
>         "irr_as_set"     : "AS3557",
>         }
>
> request.put(url=URL, data=dict_changes, headers=dict_headers)
>
>
> ---------- What I get:
>
> 400 Client Error: Bad Request for url:
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__isc-2Dapiuser-3A-2A-2A-2A-2A-2A-2A-2A-2A-2A-2A-2A-2A-40peeringdb.com_api_net_12085&d=DwIGaQ&c=gYbc-GKV5BQa9zrq1GFCVg&r=S1PZn0PYDDYtiCW2fix2C1ZHo8KzLAckyehxqI4wl20&m=Bj5gpSKHmwyokLiDwTrX0jXf9zpTc2-BOA0tVEB24-I&s=Y34j7X3mWgmw72IypQKJtOk-oN-Zwlz-GnIqByXPMbc&e=
>