Drupal 8 REST API example

drupal8_rest_api_create_node.py

# Requires all 4 of the REST modules to be turned on
	
# HAL
# HTTP Basic Authentication
# RESTful Web Services
# Serialization

import requests
import json

auth = ('nanodano', 'password')
host = 'http://127.0.0.1:8000'

url = host + '/entity/node/'
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/hal+json',
  'Cache-Control': 'no-cache',
  'Accept': 'application/hal+json',
}
query = {
  '_format': 'hal_json',
}
data = {
  '_links': {'type': {'href': host + '/rest/type/node/article'}},
  'type': [{'target_id': 'article'}],
  'body': [{'value': 'Test body.'}],
  'title':[{'value': 'Test title'}],
}
response = requests.post(url,
                         params=query,
                         data=json.dumps(data).encode('utf-8'),
                         auth=auth,
                         headers=headers)
print(response.status_code)
print(response.text)

# This is the equivalent CURL request that will do the same thing
curl = '''
curl --request POST \
  -k \
  -i \
  -s \
  --user "nanodano:password" \
  --header 'Content-type: application/hal+json' \
  -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' \
  '%s/entity/node/?_format=hal_json'  \
  --data-binary '%s'  ''' % (host, json.dumps(data))
print(curl)