import requests
import os
import json


def post_job_to_server(input_path, job_list, client, server_port=8080):
    # Pack job data and submit to server
    job_files = {'file': (os.path.basename(input_path), open(input_path, 'rb'), 'application/octet-stream'),
                 'json': (None, json.dumps(job_list), 'application/json')}

    req = requests.post(f'http://{client}:{server_port}/api/add_job', files=job_files)
    return req