request_as_curl.py

def request_as_curl(request):
    """
    construct a curl command from a (failed) request.
    """
    url = request.url
    headers = request.headers
    data = request.body.decode("utf-8")
    method = request.method
    
    command = "curl -v -H {headers} {data} -X {method} {uri}"
    data = f" -d '{data}'"
    header_list = ['"{0}: {1}"'.format(k, v) for k, v in headers.items()]
    header = " -H ".join(header_list)
    
    return command.format(method=method, headers=header, data=data, uri=url)