Django Python Requests - Parse text/plain payload

Question

This seems like a stupid question, and probably is.

Say that I'm making a request to an API as follows:

r = requests.post("http://EXAMPLE.COM/api/randomstring")
## I've blocked out the real URL so false requests aren't made as it's publicly available

The specification for this API is that on every request, it generates a random string of 10 letters. If the request is processed successfully, the server should respond with 201 CREATED and a text/plain payload giving the random string from the API database.

I have previously tried the following to parse the request, and add it to a locally stored database model:

new_word = r.text()
Words.objects.create(word=new_word)

But this gave the error:

TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

I then tried simply:

Words.objects.create(word=r)

When I run this from a client, and then check the local database, it only shows as:

word: <Response [201]> 

This means that obviously the request was successful, and a word is in the text/plain payload.

But how do I parse only the word from the payload, so that I am able to save it as (for example):

word: hskcudyhft

I know how to parse a JSON payload which is probably much trickier than this - which is probably why I'm overthinking it!

Many thanks!

Answer 1

response = requests.post("http://EXAMPLE.COM/api/randomstring")

In order access Response Content, you should use response.text , as text is an attribute of response object.

So change,

new_word = r.text()

To

new_word = r.text