encode_multipart

Encode multipart POST data from a dictionary of form values.

The key will be used as the form data name; the value will be transmitted as content. If the value is a file, the contents of the file will be sent as an application/octet-stream; otherwise, str(value) will be sent.

def encode_multipart(
    boundary: string,
    data: dict
) - > bytes

Encode multipart POST data from a dictionary of form values. The key will be used as the form data name; the value will be transmitted as content. If the value is a file, the contents of the file will be sent as an application/octet-stream; otherwise, str(value) will be sent.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
boundary	string	The unique string used as a delimiter to separate the different parts of the multipart message.
data	dict	A dictionary mapping form field names to their values, which can be strings, file-like objects, or iterables of strings and files for multi-valued fields.

Returns

Type	Description
bytes	A byte string containing the formatted multipart/form-data body, with parts separated by the boundary and terminated by the final boundary marker.