browser2: Add an option to convert POST data to the proper encoding

And autodetect it on forms. There is no other way to know what is the
expected encoding.
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Laurent Bachelier 2014-05-19 01:01:25 +02:00
commit 14b1b56914
3 changed files with 15 additions and 8 deletions

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@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ class BaseBrowser(object):
verify=None,
cert=None,
proxies=None,
data_encoding=None,
**kwargs):
"""
Make an HTTP request like a browser does:
@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ class BaseBrowser(object):
:rtype: :class:`requests.Response`
"""
req = self.build_request(url, referrer, **kwargs)
req = self.build_request(url, referrer, data_encoding=data_encoding, **kwargs)
preq = self.prepare_request(req)
if hasattr(preq, '_cookies'):
@ -321,7 +322,7 @@ class BaseBrowser(object):
return response
def build_request(self, url, referrer=None, **kwargs):
def build_request(self, url, referrer=None, data_encoding=None, **kwargs):
"""
Does the same job as open(), but returns a Request without
submitting it.
@ -340,6 +341,13 @@ class BaseBrowser(object):
else:
req.method = 'GET'
# convert unicode strings to proper encoding
if isinstance(req.data, unicode) and data_encoding:
req.data = req.data.encode(data_encoding)
if isinstance(req.data, dict) and data_encoding:
req.data = {k: v.encode(data_encoding) if isinstance(v, unicode) else v
for k, v in req.data.iteritems()}
if referrer is None:
referrer = self.get_referrer(self.url, url)
if referrer: