How to turn the ".get" in Python requests.get into a variable?

Question

I'm new to programming with Python. I'd like to set a variable for the Python requests method (.get, .post, etc.).

Something like:

import requests

method = 'get'
url = 'https://google.com'

response = requests.method(url)

This of course results in an error because requests does not have a .method option.

It feels like the answer lies with getattr, but I don't understand what parameters to pass getattr.

Any advice?

Thank you

That's a job better suited for [`requests.request`](https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/#requests.request). — user2357112, Oct 27 '20 at 05:11

abhigyanj · Answer 1 · 2020-10-27T05:14:39.590

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You can use the following code:

import requests

get = requests.get
post = requests.post
put = requests.put
patch = requests.patch
delete = requests.delete

url = 'https://google.com'

google = get(url)

If you would like it as a class you can use the following code:

import requests


class Methods:
    def __init__(self):
        self.get = requests.get
        self.post = requests.post
        self.put = requests.put
        self.patch = requests.patch
        self.delete = requests.delete


methods = Methods()
url = 'https://google.com'
method = "get"

google = getattr(methods, method)(url)

edited Oct 27 '20 at 05:14

answered Oct 27 '20 at 05:03

abhigyanj

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That is valuable, and does work thank you. Though I would like to know how/if its possible to make the dot notation options into variables. – SeaDude Oct 27 '20 at 05:05
Check if this gives some more info https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3521715/call-a-python-method-by-name – dmitryro Oct 27 '20 at 05:05
@SeaDude Added that as well – abhigyanj Oct 27 '20 at 05:10
This does nothing to address the actual question. – user2357112 Oct 27 '20 at 05:11
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@AbhigyanJaiswal The OP is asking for a way to execute arbitrary methods that are string variables. – Selcuk Oct 27 '20 at 05:11
@Selcuk Please check the answer again – abhigyanj Oct 27 '20 at 05:15
@AbhigyanJaiswal What I mean is your method won't work if I want to execute `"foobar"` method. Why are you even declaring a `Methods` class? Can't you directly `getattr` from `requests`? – Selcuk Oct 27 '20 at 05:17
@Selcuk If any other variable is defined in the `Methods` class (not from `requests`) then it can be directly accessed. – abhigyanj Oct 27 '20 at 05:19

How to turn the ".get" in Python requests.get into a variable?

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