change request from get to post

communitiesuk · Jul 8, 2024 · 53f1c9d · 53f1c9d
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commit 53f1c9d
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 7 deletions.
diff --git a/app/main/download_data.py b/app/main/download_data.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 from enum import StrEnum
 from typing import Any
-from urllib.parse import urlencode
 
 import requests
 from flask import abort, current_app
@@ -248,11 +247,8 @@ def process_async_download(query_params: dict) -> int:
     :param query_params: Query parameters for the API request.
     :return: The status code of the API response.
     """
-    request_url = (
-        Config.DATA_STORE_API_HOST
-        + "/trigger_async_download"
-        + ("?" + urlencode(query_params, doseq=True) if query_params else "")
-    )
-    response = requests.post(request_url)
+
+    request_url = Config.DATA_STORE_API_HOST + "/trigger_async_download"
+    response = requests.post(request_url, data=query_params)
 
     return response.status_code