Why does not it work?

Question

Python

python 3.8

curl 'https://www.epicgames.com/store/backend/graphql-proxy' -H 'User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0' -H 'Accept: application/json, text/plain, */*' -H 'Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5' -H 'Referer: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/' -H 'Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8' -H 'X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest' -H 'Connection: keep-alive' -H 'Cookie: EPIC_SESSION_DIESEL=TSKOhfkmgpcBFbah7OnIyg.K9_nsiIaB0wCuz2xfF7y1P4yCO5sOlZD6XDfWtSQ6wtEUd9sEar8Kw66efDWY6MU.1587536135267.86400000.PMIBn3vm-S_GRIkKFqDyy49_UKoFJ50y9Zt0LI_cmf0; EPIC_LOCALE_COOKIE=en-US' --data '{"query":"query searchStoreQuery($allowCountries: String, $category: String, $count: Int, $country: String!, $keywords: String, $locale: String, $namespace: String, $sortBy: String, $sortDir: String, $start: Int, $tag: String, $withPrice: Boolean = false, $withPromotions: Boolean = false) {\n  Catalog {\n    searchStore(allowCountries: $allowCountries, category: $category, count: $count, country: $country, keywords: $keywords, locale: $locale, namespace: $namespace, sortBy: $sortBy, sortDir: $sortDir, start: $start, tag: $tag) {\n      elements {\n        title\n        id\n        namespace\n        description\n        effectiveDate\n        keyImages {\n          type\n          url\n        }\n        seller {\n          id\n          name\n        }\n        productSlug\n        urlSlug\n        url\n        items {\n          id\n          namespace\n        }\n        customAttributes {\n          key\n          value\n        }\n        categories {\n          path\n        }\n        price(country: $country) @include(if: $withPrice) {\n          totalPrice {\n            discountPrice\n            originalPrice\n            voucherDiscount\n            discount\n            currencyCode\n            currencyInfo {\n              decimals\n            }\n            fmtPrice(locale: $locale) {\n              originalPrice\n              discountPrice\n              intermediatePrice\n            }\n          }\n          lineOffers {\n            appliedRules {\n              id\n              endDate\n              discountSetting {\n                discountType\n              }\n            }\n          }\n        }\n        promotions(category: $category) @include(if: $withPromotions) {\n          promotionalOffers {\n            promotionalOffers {\n              startDate\n              endDate\n              discountSetting {\n                discountType\n                discountPercentage\n              }\n            }\n          }\n          upcomingPromotionalOffers {\n            promotionalOffers {\n              startDate\n              endDate\n              discountSetting {\n                discountType\n                discountPercentage\n              }\n            }\n          }\n        }\n      }\n      paging {\n        count\n        total\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}\n","variables":{"category":"freegames","sortBy":"effectiveDate","sortDir":"asc","count":1000,"country":"US","allowCountries":"US","locale":"en-US","withPrice":true,"withPromotions":true}}'

import requests

cookies = {
    'EPIC_SESSION_DIESEL': 'TSKOhfkmgpcBFbah7OnIyg.K9_nsiIaB0wCuz2xfF7y1P4yCO5sOlZD6XDfWtSQ6wtEUd9sEar8Kw66efDWY6MU.1587536135267.86400000.PMIBn3vm-S_GRIkKFqDyy49_UKoFJ50y9Zt0LI_cmf0',
    'EPIC_LOCALE_COOKIE': 'en-US',
}

headers = {
    'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0',
    'Accept': 'application/json, text/plain, */*',
    'Accept-Language': 'en-US,en;q=0.5',
    'Accept-Encoding': "gzip, deflate, br",
    'Referer': 'https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json;charset=utf-8',
    'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest',
    'Connection': 'keep-alive',
}

import json

data = """{"query":"query searchStoreQuery($allowCountries: String, $category: String, $count: Int, $country: String!, $keywords: String, $locale: String, $namespace: String, $sortBy: String, $sortDir: String, $start: Int, $tag: String, $withPrice: Boolean ': ' false, $withPromotions: Boolean = false) {\\n  Catalog {\\n    searchStore(allowCountries: $allowCountries, category: $category, count: $count, country: $country, keywords: $keywords, locale: $locale, namespace: $namespace, sortBy: $sortBy, sortDir: $sortDir, start: $start, tag: $tag) {\\n      elements {\\n        title\\n        id\\n        namespace\\n        description\\n        effectiveDate\\n        keyImages {\\n          type\\n          url\\n        }\\n        seller {\\n          id\\n          name\\n        }\\n        productSlug\\n        urlSlug\\n        url\\n        items {\\n          id\\n          namespace\\n        }\\n        customAttributes {\\n          key\\n          value\\n        }\\n        categories {\\n          path\\n        }\\n        price(country: $country) @include(if: $withPrice) {\\n          totalPrice {\\n            discountPrice\\n            originalPrice\\n            voucherDiscount\\n            discount\\n            currencyCode\\n            currencyInfo {\\n              decimals\\n            }\\n            fmtPrice(locale: $locale) {\\n              originalPrice\\n              discountPrice\\n              intermediatePrice\\n            }\\n          }\\n          lineOffers {\\n            appliedRules {\\n              id\\n              endDate\\n              discountSetting {\\n                discountType\\n              }\\n            }\\n          }\\n        }\\n        promotions(category: $category) @include(if: $withPromotions) {\\n          promotionalOffers {\\n            promotionalOffers {\\n              startDate\\n              endDate\\n              discountSetting {\\n                discountType\\n                discountPercentage\\n              }\\n            }\\n          }\\n          upcomingPromotionalOffers {\\n            promotionalOffers {\\n              startDate\\n              endDate\\n              discountSetting {\\n                discountType\\n                discountPercentage\\n              }\\n            }\\n          }\\n        }\\n      }\\n      paging {\\n        count\\n        total\\n      }\\n    }\\n  }\\n}\\n","variables":{"category":"freegames","sortBy":"effectiveDate","sortDir":"asc","count":1000,"country":"US","allowCountries":"US","locale":"en-US","withPrice":true,"withPromotions":true}
}"""

response = requests.post('https://www.epicgames.com/store/backend/graphql-proxy', headers=headers, cookies=cookies, data=data)

print(response, response.content)

It would seem equivalent, but in the case of python , it suddenly does not work. What could be the reason?

Console output: b'Request failed with status code 400'

Answer 1

data must not be a string