Making requests to tiddlywiki

tiddly_wiki.py

"""Code showing how to create a tiddler in tiddly wiki using python. I was not able to get this working without the "X-Requested-With" header."""

import requests

TIDDLY_WIKI_URL = 'https://localhost:8080'
TIDDLY_WIKI_REQUEST_HEADERS = {
    # this "X-Requested-With" header is the key to making these requests work
    'X-Requested-With': 'TiddlyWiki',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

tiddler_data = {
    'title': 'foo',
    'text': 'bar'
}

url_path = f'{TIDDLY_WIKI_URL}/recipes/default/tiddlers/{tiddler_title}'
response = requests.put(url, data=tiddler_data, headers=TIDDLY_WIKI_REQUEST_HEADERS)
print(response)