REST requests through pyRevit

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

I'm trying to create a pyRevit button which uses some information I'm getting from a website api using REST requests.

All is working fine when I'm just requesting and running the code on Visual Studio Code, but once I try to turn the whole thing into a button it seams like it doesn't recognize the 'requests' module.

I've been searching and searching but didn't find any information about how to import a module pyRevit doesn't recognize automatically or about a different inherent module suitable for my needs.

Would really appreciate any advise about the matter.

I have attached a print screen of the code.

Best,

Ifat.

[bhprest]

Is the requests module something that you built yourself?

If not, have you researched as to whether the requests module you're using is compatible with ironpython?

There's not much more I can say without digging through your code. Having worked with pyRevit and revitpythonshell in the past, a very common issue is compatibility with the ironpython implementation. 

[Anonymous]

Hi,
Thanks for the reply.

No, I haven't built it myself.
BUT in the meanwhile I managed to figure out how to use WebRequest to get the info from the API, now I'm struggling to understand how to post info back to the api 🙂

There isn't enough solid info about using WebRequest with IronPython out there, at least not enough for a newbie...

Best,

Ifat.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Ok found it! 🙂

Found this link: 

http://www.ironpython.info/index.php?title=Submit_a_POST_form_and_download_the_result_web_page

After lot's of trial and error I managed to figure out how to adjust it to my needs.

If you need to add headers to a request, you'll have to create a WebHeaderCollection and add the header to it like you would to a dictionary:

    whc = WebHeaderCollection()

    whc[aut] = tok

    req = WebRequest.Create(url)

    req.Headers = whc

 Then you proceed with the example from the link.

Best,

Ifat.

[Ian_H]

I think I am in a similar situation as you were. I'm not wanting to pull any info from Revit, I'm just wanting to send data to Notion. I have a working script in VS Code, but when I placed it in my folder structure it didn't work. 

I think it has to do with the imported libraries and maybe python3 vs ironpython. The libraries I'm using are 'requests' and 'json'. The link you posted didn't work, do I just need to follow the instructions you provided for the script to work? 

Here is the GitHub script link if you want to view the code for reference-->

https://github.com/kslifter/Python

Thanks!

[yanirKC3ZG]

the github link or this link
http://www.ironpython.info/index.php?title=Submit_a_POST_form_and_download_the_result_web_page
are not working, can you attach example code so request will work?