Function encode_multipart_formdata

tools/gh_api.py:208–261

Encode a dictionary of ``fields`` using the multipart/form-data mime format. :param fields: Dictionary of fields or list of (key, value) field tuples. The key is treated as the field name, and the value as the body of the form-data bytes. If the value is a tuple of

(fields, boundary=None)

    yield from fields.items()

def encode_multipart_formdata(fields, boundary=None):
    """
    Encode a dictionary of ``fields`` using the multipart/form-data mime format.

    :param fields:
        Dictionary of fields or list of (key, value) field tuples.  The key is
        treated as the field name, and the value as the body of the form-data
        bytes. If the value is a tuple of two elements, then the first element
        is treated as the filename of the form-data section.

        Field names and filenames must be str.

    :param boundary:
        If not specified, then a random boundary will be generated using
        :func:`mimetools.choose_boundary`.
    """
    # copy requests imports in here:
    from io import BytesIO
    from requests.packages.urllib3.filepost import (
        choose_boundary, writer, b, get_content_type
    )
    body = BytesIO()
    if boundary is None:
        boundary = choose_boundary()

    for fieldname, value in iter_fields(fields):
        body.write(b('--%s\r\n' % (boundary)))

        if isinstance(value, tuple):
            filename, data = value
            writer(body).write('Content-Disposition: form-data; name="%s"; '
                               'filename="%s"\r\n' % (fieldname, filename))
            body.write(b('Content-Type: %s\r\n\r\n' %
                       (get_content_type(filename))))
        else:
            data = value
            writer(body).write('Content-Disposition: form-data; name="%s"\r\n'
                               % (fieldname))
            body.write(b'Content-Type: text/plain\r\n\r\n')

        if isinstance(data, int):
            data = str(data)  # Backwards compatibility
        if isinstance(data, str):
            writer(body).write(data)
        else:
            body.write(data)

        body.write(b'\r\n')

    body.write(b('--%s--\r\n' % (boundary)))

    content_type = b('multipart/form-data; boundary=%s' % boundary)

    return body.getvalue(), content_type


def post_download(project, filename, name=None, description=""):