gistfile1.txt

import json
import urllib2
from django.http import HttpResponse


def send(request):

    url = 'http://manage.encoding.com:80'

    params = {
        "query": {
            "userid": "31165",
            "userkey": "923eced57b904ec0037987e343fefb7e",
            "action": "addMedia",
            "source": "http://markusbucket.s3.amazonaws.com/source/OfficeSpace1999.mp4",
            "format": "",
            "output": "mp4",
            "file_extension": "mp4",
            "size": "0x360",
            "framerate": "30",
            "video_codec": "libx264",
            "keyframe": "150",
            "profile": "main",
            "bitrate": "700k",
            "audio_codec": "dolby_heaac",
            "audio_bitrate": "64k"
        }
    }

    req = urllib2.Request(url=url,
                          data=json.dumps(params),
                          headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'})
    response = urllib2.urlopen(req)

    return HttpResponse(response.read(), content_type="application/json")