cornsnake.util_network

 1"""
 2Making a POST request using the urllib library.
 3
 4[Documentation](http://docs.mrseanryan.cornsnake.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/cornsnake/util_network.html)
 5"""
 6
 7import urllib.request
 8
 9from . import util_log
10
11logger = util_log.getLogger(__name__)
12
13
14def post_request(api_url, headers, timeout):
15    """
16    Function to make a POST request to a specified API URL.
17
18    Args:
19    api_url (str): The URL to which the POST request will be made.
20    headers (dict): The headers to be included in the request.
21    timeout (int): The timeout for the request in seconds.
22
23    Returns:
24    bool: True if the POST request is successful (status code 200), False otherwise.
25    """
26    req = urllib.request.Request(
27        url=api_url,
28        data=None,
29        headers=headers,
30        origin_req_host=None,
31        unverifiable=False,
32        method="POST",
33    )
34    with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=timeout) as response:
35        if response.status == 200:
36            return True
37        print(f"POST failed [{response.status}]")
38        return False