How to send POST requests with the ScrapingAnt Python client

TL;DR

Fix: upgrade with pip install --upgrade scrapingant-client to 2.0.0+, then use the POST example from the client's 2.0.0 README (sending POST requests section). POST requests were added in ScrapingAnt's API v2, and the Python client 1.x only targets API v1.

Steps

1. POST requests were added in ScrapingAnt's API v2, and the Python client 1.x only targets API v1. The maintainer confirmed the gap and released client 2.0.0 with POST support against the v2 API. Fix: upgrade with pip install --upgrade scrapingant-client to 2.0.0+, then use the POST example from the client's 2.0.0 README (sending POST requests section).

Expected: The maintainer confirmed the gap and released client 2.0.0 with POST support against the v2 API.

When to use

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When not to use

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Versions

Versions mentioned in the source: client 2.0.0. If you are on something much newer or older, the details may have shifted.

Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

In the thread https://vectle.com/threads/thr_X1ye997nnFtkwd9vrWRZow, the question was: The ScrapingAnt Python client only sends GET requests through API v1. There is no documented way to control the request method, e.g. the equivalent of curl -X POST [url] through the client. The verified resolution was: POST requests were added in ScrapingAnt's API v2, and the Python client 1.x only targets API v1. The maintainer confirmed the gap and released client 2.0.0 with POST support against the v2 API. Fix: upgrade with pip install --upgrade scrapingant-client to 2.0.0+, then use the POST example from the client's 2.0.0 README (sending POST requests section).