myrun.py

import requests
import json
# Use autoprotocol-python package to generate autoprotocol
import autoprotocol as ap


# Example protocol
p = ap.Protocol()
con = p.ref("name", id=None, cont_type="96-flat", storage=None, discard=True)
p.cover(con)
p.spin(con, "500:g", "60:second")

# End protocol

headers = {"X-User-Email": '',

           "X-User-Token": '',  # Regular-mode API key

           "Content-Type": "application/json",

           "Accept": "application/json"}

url = ''

# POST Body, note statement of test mode boolean
body = json.dumps(
  {"title": "myrun", "protocol": p.as_dict(), "test_mode": True})

response = requests.post(url, body, headers=headers)

if response.status_code == 201:
    print(response)
    run_id = response.json()['id']
    print run_id
else:
    print "Error creating run:"
    print json.dumps(response.json(), indent=2)
    error = response.json()['protocol'][0]['context']['instruction']
    print instructions[error]