Posting JSON in Python without Requests Library

gistfile1.py

1   import urllib2
2   import json

221 def basic_authorization(user, password):
222     s = user + ":" + password
223     return "Basic " + s.encode("base64").rstrip()
224 
225 def submit_pull_request(user, repo):
226     auth = (settings.username, settings.password)
227     url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/' + user + '/' + repo + '/pulls'
228     params = {'title': 'My Title', 'body': 'My Boday'}
239     req = urllib2.Request(url,
240         headers = {
241             "Authorization": basic_authorization(settings.username, settings.password),
242             "Content-Type": "application/json",
243             "Accept": "*/*",   
244             "User-Agent": "Myapp/Gunio", 
245         }, data = json.dumps(params))
246     f = urllib2.urlopen(req)