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 > > --------------------------------------------------
