Sending data to Amplitude's HTTP API (Example)

Sending data to Amplitude's HTTP API (Example)

import requests
import json
import urllib

# 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'},
]

serialized_events = json.dumps(events)
urlencoded_events = urllib.quote(serialized_events)

# HTTP GET
# Explicitly construct query string with api_key and urlencoded events
response = requests.get(
    'https://api.amplitude.com/httpapi?api_key={api_key}&event={events}'.format(
        api_key=API_KEY, events=urlencoded_events
    )
)
print response.content
print response.status_code

# HTTP POST
# Explicitly construct query string with api_key and urlencoded events
response = requests.post(
    'https://api.amplitude.com/httpapi', 
    data='api_key={api_key}&event={events}'.format(
        api_key=API_KEY, events=urlencoded_events
    )
)
print response.content
print response.status_code

# HTTP POST
# Give json encoded events to library and let it handle urlencoding for you.
response = requests.post(
    'https://api.amplitude.com/httpapi',
    data={
        'api_key': API_KEY,
        'event': json.dumps(events),
    }
)
print response.content
print response.status_code