Convert cURL to Python

How cURL to Python works

The Python output uses requests.get / requests.post / requests.request with kwargs for headers, params, json, data and auth — the same shape you see in API documentation across the Python ecosystem. JSON request bodies in your cURL command become Python dicts passed via json=, urlencoded bodies become dicts passed via data=, and -F multipart payloads use the files= parameter. For repeated calls to the same host, wrap the snippet in a requests.Session() so connection pooling and cookies persist across requests.

Python code example

Realistic GET + POST with headers and a JSON body, written using requests.

import requests

# GET with headers (Authorization, custom User-Agent)
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.example.com/users",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
        "User-Agent": "MyApp/1.0",
    },
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 50},
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
users = response.json()

# POST with JSON body
created = requests.post(
    "https://api.example.com/users",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={"name": "Ada Lovelace", "email": "[email protected]"},
    timeout=30,
)
print(created.status_code, created.json())

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Convert to other languages

Need the same cURL command in a different language? Use one of these converters:

• cURL to JavaScript (fetch)
• cURL to Node.js
• cURL to PHP
• cURL to Go
• cURL to Java
• cURL to C#
• cURL to Ruby