custom_request Method

Sends a request to the specified URL using the HTTP Method and Post Data provided.

Syntax

def custom_request(http_method: str, url: str, post_data: str) -> None: ...

Remarks

Sends a custom request to the specified URL. The type of request sent is determined by HTTPMethod (e.g. POST) and the data sent is determined by PostData. If a custom request does not require data to be sent, you can simply set the PostData parameter to an empty string. Note, all values specified are taken as entered.

other_headers can be used to specify any additional headers you would like to be sent in the custom request.

The search results are delivered in the transferred_data property, as well as through the on_transfer event. The response headers can be retrieved via the transferred_headers property as well as through the on_header event.

The class will then attempt to parse the search results. Upon successfully parsing the response, channel will be set with their associated feed element values and entry_count will be populated with the total number of entries contained within the feed. entry_index will also be set to 1, thus populating entry_properties.