IronPython Script to call a REST (POST) web service over HTTPS with Authentication

Introduction

Spotfire can call REST web services using IronPython. Here is an example of using a POST call over HTTPS with Authentication. This example was written to call an SMS gateway in order to send text messages to a mobile phone.

Code Sample

# Import the necessary packages
import clr
clr.AddReference('System.Web.Extensions')
from System.Web.Script.Serialization import JavaScriptSerializer
from System.Net import * 
from System import Convert
from System.Text import Encoding
import urllib # - this needs Python 2.7.7 or later!


ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls; #TLS 1.2

# Create a web client
client = WebClient()

username = "myusername"
password = "mypassword"

message = "Mr. Hotblack Desiato, lunch at Milliways is booked " \
"for 19th August, 87.5463245e120. Please deposit a penny in a " \
"savings account in preparation! See you in a few hundred era. " \
"Sincerely, Garkbit"

credentials = Convert.ToBase64String(
    Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(username + ":" + password));
client.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.Authorization] = "Basic " + credentials;
client.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.ContentType] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

dict = { "Body" : message, "To" : "+447723 123456", "From" : "+447745 456789"}

data = urllib.urlencode(dict)

print data

address = "https://myrestserviceprovider.com/endpoint""

print client.UploadString(address,data)

License:  TIBCO BSD-Style License