# HTTP: Login to MediaWiki API with post fails (works with python)

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/http-login-to-mediawiki-api-with-post-fails-works-with-python/41657
**Category:** Web Stack
**Created:** [June 18, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/http-login-to-mediawiki-api-with-post-fails-works-with-python/41657 "2020-06-18T09:39:57Z")
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#### Post date: [June 18, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/http-login-to-mediawiki-api-with-post-fails-works-with-python/41657/5 "2020-06-18T13:30:32Z")

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This is cool! However, it appends the parameters to the URL, but they are expected in the POST body in this case.

I set up a little server as described in the [documentation](https://juliaweb.github.io/HTTP.jl/stable/public_interface/#Server-/-Handlers-1) of HTTP.jl and saw that the python body and the julia body are the same. Then I set `cookies=true` in the request to get the login token, et voilà, that was it.

Some [background info](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/http-jl-managing-cookies-similar-to-python-requests/23665/5).

Thanks a lot for your comments!

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