Confluence - 500 error when I try and update labels via requests module/python

Michael McIntyre_ag3usw

Hey all, 

 

I am trying to update labels via the requests module in python.  When I make a get request for the label, I get the desired data, but when I try a post request, I get a 500 error, with the error message 

"message":"javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException: null"}

I'm not entirely sure why this is the case, but it should work.  Anyone have any ideas on troubleshooting?  My code is below:

 

def get_labels(id):
    full_url = f"{BASE_URL}/{id}/label"

    r = requests.get(full_url,
    auth=(un, pw))

    return r.json()


def format_label(labels):
    final = []

    for label in labels:
        clean_dict = {
           "prefix": "global",
           "name": label
         }

         final.append(clean_dict)

     return json.dumps(final)


def _update_label(id, labels):
    data = format_label(labels)
    full_url = f"{BASE_URL}/{id}/label"

    r = requests.post(
                full_url,
                auth=(un, pw),
                data=data,
                headers=({"Content-Type": "appliction/json"})
              )
    print(r.text)


def main():
    _update_label(id, labels)

main() 

 

Daniel Eads

Hey Michael,

Looks like there might be a typo in your content type header. In the paste, you've got 

appliction/json

and instead will want

application/json

 (the second 'a' in application was omitted)

Have a go at that and let me know if you still have problems! Your code looks good to me, but the web server likely returned the 500 error because it didn't understand what to do with that content type.

Cheers,
Daniel