python os.system use 2 quotes in bash command

Question

I am creating a simple script that simplifies an SMS bash command.

in bash the command looks like this:

curl http://textbelt.com/text -d number=0000000000 -d "Message=Test01"

The problem is, when I put that into python it looks like this:

import os
os.system('curl http://textbelt.com/text -d number=9803554314 -d "Message=Test01"')

I get the error:

"success": false,

"message": "Number and message parameters are required."

How do is use double quotes?

Is there a reason why you're using curl instead of one of the many Python solutions for HTTP? — Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams, May 22 '16 at 18:10
The quotation marks don't make a difference. The problem is not in Python. Try the bash command you gave in bash, with or without the quotation marks. You get the same error. — zondo, May 22 '16 at 18:50
why would you do something so blasphemous against python when there are urllib and so many other libraries? — minocha, May 22 '16 at 19:53

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 22 '16 at 19:50

Change Message to message (lower case) and it should work:

Your example fails:

os.system('curl http://textbelt.com/text -d number=9803554314 -d "Message=Test01"') { "success": false, "message": "Number and message parameters are required." }0

Changed M to m on "Message" works:

import os os.system('curl http://textbelt.com/text -d number=9803554314 -d "message=Test01"') { "success": true }0

Hope that helps

Thanks man. I really overlooked that one, I was expecting to have to write some complex code or something! — Liam McElhaney, May 22 '16 at 21:54

python os.system use 2 quotes in bash command

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