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Sending data to Amplitude's HTTP API (Example)
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| 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 |
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