Send JSON Data to an API with Python Requests

import requests
import json

def post_json_data(url, payload, api_key=None):
    headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
    if api_key:
        headers['Authorization'] = f'Bearer {api_key}' # Or 'x-api-key': api_key

    try:
        response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
        response.raise_for_status()  # Raises HTTPError for bad responses (4xx or 5xx)

        print(f"Status Code: {response.status_code}")
        print(f"Response JSON: {response.json()}")
        return response.json()

    except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as errh:
        print(f"HTTP Error: {errh}")
        print(f"Response content: {response.text}") # Access response text for more details
    except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as errc:
        print(f"Error Connecting: {errc}")
    except requests.exceptions.Timeout as errt:
        print(f"Timeout Error: {errt}")
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as err:
        print(f"Something went wrong: {err}")
    return None

# Example usage:
API_URL = 'https://api.example.com/items'
MY_API_KEY = 'your_secret_api_key' # Replace with your actual API key

data_to_send = {
    'name': 'New Item',
    'description': 'This is a description for the new item.'
}

result = post_json_data(API_URL, data_to_send, MY_API_KEY)
if result:
    print("API call successful. Result:", result)
else:
    print("API call failed.")