Stories from the Web Crawling trenches in Content-Type

Setting the Content-Type Header for Python Requests

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 3, 2024

Properly setting the Content-Type helps the receiving server interpret and handle the data correctly. When sending JSON data or other formats, you'll want to explicitly set the header instead. Uploading multipart form data requires setting the content type accordingly. Handling responses and content types appropriately is important for robust integrations.

Sending Multipart Form Data with Python's urllib

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 8, 2024

Python's urllib library provides tools to handle multipart form data for integrating with web services. Use requests library to simplify sending multipart form data.

Fixing "Content-Type incorrect" Errors with Python Requests

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 3, 2024

When using Python Requests library, invalid Content-Type errors can occur due to incorrect format or missing header. Take care to set Content-Type correctly.

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