Sending data to Amplitude's Batch Endpoint

send_to_batch.py

"""
Sending a payload of events to the /batch endpoint using the requests library.
"""
import json
import requests

# Be cautious when setting your API key and running this script since it will send the following
# two events to your app!
API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
EVENTS = [
    {'user_id': 'Alice', 'event_type': 'hello world'},
    {'user_id': 'Bob', 'event_type': 'hello world'},
]


def send_events_easy_way():
    print "Sending events the easy way"
    payload = {
        "api_key": API_KEY,
        "events": EVENTS,
        "options": {
            "min_id_length": 0,
        },
    }

    response = requests.post(
        'https://api.amplitude.com/batch',
        json=payload
    )

    print "Status:", response.status_code
    print "Response:", response.content


def send_events_explicitly_set_content_type():
    print "Sending events while explicitly setting the content type header"
    payload = {
        "api_key": API_KEY,
        "events": EVENTS,
        "options": {
            "min_id_length": 0,
        },
    }

    headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}

    response = requests.post(
        'https://api.amplitude.com/batch',
        data=json.dumps(payload),
        headers=headers
    )

    print "Status:",response.status_code
    print "Response:", response.content


def _main():
    send_events_easy_way()
    send_events_explicitly_set_content_type()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    _main()