Need help adding API PUT method to Python script
<p>I am using the script below to collect inventory information from servers and send it to a product called Device42. The script currently works however one of the APIs that I'm trying to add uses PUT instead of POST. I'm not a programmer and just started using python with this script. This script is using iron python. Can the PUT method be used in this script?</p>

<pre><code>"""
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
"""
##################################################
# a sample script to show how to use
#   /api/ip/add-or-update
#   /api/device/add-or-update
#
# requires ironPython (http://ironpython.codeplex.com/) and
# powershell (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968929)
##################################################

import clr

clr.AddReference('System.Management.Automation')

from System.Management.Automation import (
PSMethod, RunspaceInvoke
)
RUNSPACE = RunspaceInvoke()

import urllib
import urllib2
import traceback
import base64
import math
import ssl
import functools
BASE_URL='https://device42_URL'

API_DEVICE_URL=BASE_URL+'/api/1.0/devices/'
API_IP_URL    =BASE_URL+'/api/1.0/ips/'
API_PART_URL=BASE_URL+'/api/1.0/parts/'
API_MOUNTPOINT_URL=BASE_URL+'/api/1.0/device/mountpoints/'
API_CUSTOMFIELD_URL=BASE_URL+'/api/1.0/device/custom_field/'

USER     ='usernme'
PASSWORD ='password'

old_init = ssl.SSLSocket.__init__
@functools.wraps(old_init)
def init_with_tls1(self, *args, **kwargs):
kwargs['ssl_version'] = ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1
old_init(self, *args, **kwargs)
ssl.SSLSocket.__init__ = init_with_tls1

def post(url, params):
"""
http post with basic-auth
params is dict like object
"""
try:
    data= urllib.urlencode(params) # convert to ascii chars
    headers = {
        'Authorization' : 'Basic '+ base64.b64encode(USER + ':' + PASSWORD),
        'Content-Type'  : 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
    }

    req = urllib2.Request(url, data, headers)

    print '---REQUEST---',req.get_full_url()
    print req.headers
    print req.data

    reponse = urllib2.urlopen(req)

    print '---RESPONSE---'
    print reponse.getcode()
    print reponse.info()
    print reponse.read()
except urllib2.HTTPError as err:
    print '---RESPONSE---'
    print err.getcode()
    print err.info()
    print err.read()
except urllib2.URLError as err:
    print '---RESPONSE---'
    print err

def to_ascii(s):
    # ignore non-ascii chars
    return s.encode('ascii','ignore')

def wmi(query):
    return [dict([(prop.Name, prop.Value) for prop in psobj.Properties]) for psobj in RUNSPACE.Invoke(query)]
def closest_memory_assumption(v):
    return int(256 * math.ceil(v / 256.0))

def add_or_update_device():
    computer_system  = wmi('Get-WmiObject Win32_ComputerSystem -Namespace "root\CIMV2"')[0] # take first
    bios             = wmi('Get-WmiObject Win32_BIOS -Namespace "root\CIMV2"')[0]
    operating_system = wmi('Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem -Namespace "root\CIMV2"')[0]
    environment      = wmi('Get-WmiObject Win32Reg_ESFFarmNode -Namespace "root\CIMV2"')[0]
    mem              = closest_memory_assumption(int(computer_system.get('TotalPhysicalMemory')) / 1047552)
    dev_name         = to_ascii(computer_system.get('Name')).upper()
    fqdn_name        = to_ascii(computer_system.get('Name')).upper() + '.' + to_ascii(computer_system.get('Domain')).lower()
device = {
    'memory'        : mem,
    'os'            : to_ascii(operating_system.get('Caption')),
    'osver'         : operating_system.get('OSArchitecture'),
    'osmanufacturer': to_ascii(operating_system.get('Manufacturer')),
    'osserial'      : operating_system.get('SerialNumber'),
    'osverno'       : operating_system.get('Version'),
    'service_level' : environment.get('Environment'),
    'notes'         : 'Test w/ Change to Device name collection'
}
devicedmn = ''
for dmn in ['Domain1', 'Domain2', 'Domain3', 'Domain4', 'Domain5']:
    if dmn == to_ascii(computer_system.get('Domain')).strip():
        devicedmn = 'Domain'
        device.update({ 'name' : fqdn_name, })
        break    
if devicedmn != 'Domain':
    device.update({
        'name': dev_name,
        })
manufacturer = ''
for mftr in ['VMware, Inc.', 'Bochs', 'KVM', 'QEMU', 'Microsoft Corporation', 'Xen']:
    if mftr == to_ascii(computer_system.get('Manufacturer')).strip():
        manufacturer = 'virtual'
        device.update({ 'manufacturer' : 'vmware', })
        break    
if manufacturer != 'virtual':
    device.update({
        'manufacturer': to_ascii(computer_system.get('Manufacturer')).strip(),
        'hardware': to_ascii(computer_system.get('Model')).strip(),
        'serial_no': to_ascii(bios.get('SerialNumber')).strip(),
        'type': 'Physical',
        })    
cpucount = 0
for cpu in wmi('Get-WmiObject Win32_Processor  -Namespace "root\CIMV2"'):
    cpucount += 1
    cpuspeed = cpu.get('MaxClockSpeed')
    cpucores = cpu.get('NumberOfCores')
if cpucount &gt; 0:

    device.update({
        'cpucount': cpucount,
        'cpupower': cpuspeed,
        'cpucore':  cpucores,
        })
hddcount = 0
hddsize = 0
for hdd in wmi('Get-WmiObject Win32_LogicalDisk  -Namespace "root\CIMV2" | where{$_.Size -gt 1}'):
    hddcount += 1
    hddsize += hdd.get('Size') / 1073741742
if hddcount &gt; 0:

    device.update({
        'hddcount': hddcount,
        'hddsize': hddsize,
        })
post(API_DEVICE_URL, device)

for hdd in wmi('Get-WmiObject Win32_LogicalDisk  -Namespace "root\CIMV2" | where{$_.Size -gt 1}'):
    mountpoint = {
          'mountpoint' : hdd.get('Name'),
          'label' : hdd.get('Caption'),
          'fstype' : hdd.get('FileSystem'),
          'capacity' : hdd.get('Size') / 1024 / 1024,
          'free_capacity' : hdd.get('FreeSpace') / 1024 / 1024,
          'device' : dev_name,
          'assignment' : 'Device',
    }
    post(API_MOUNTPOINT_URL, mountpoint)

network_adapter_configuration = wmi('Get-WmiObject Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Namespace "root\CIMV2" | where{$_.IPEnabled -eq "True"}')

for ntwk in network_adapter_configuration:
    for ipaddr in ntwk.get('IPAddress'):
        ip = {
            'ipaddress'  : ipaddr,
            'macaddress' : ntwk.get('MACAddress'),
            'label'      : ntwk.get('Description'),
            'device'     : dev_name,
        }
        post(API_IP_URL, ip)

def main():
    try:
        add_or_update_device()
    except:
        traceback.print_exc()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
</code></pre>

<p>My standard answer would be to replace urllib2 with the <a href="http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/" rel="nofollow">Requests</a> package. It makes doing HTTP work a lot easier.</p>

<p>But take a look at <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/a/111988/63802">this SO answer</a> for a 'hack' to get PUT working.</p>

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