import requests
import json

#start verification etc
payload = 'username=XXXXXX&password=XXXXXXXX'
header = {'X-Application': 'XXXXXXXXX', 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}

resp = requests.post('https://identitysso.betfair.com/api/certlogin',
        data=payload, cert=('C:\\OpenSSL-Win32\\bin\\client-2048.crt',
        'C:\\OpenSSL-Win32\\bin\\client-2048.key'), headers=header)

if resp.status_code == 200:
  resp_json = resp.json()
  print(resp_json['loginStatus'])
  print(resp_json['sessionToken'])
else:
  print("Request failed.")

print(json.dumps(json.loads(resp.text), indent=3))
#end verification etc

endpoint = "https://api.betfair.com/exchange/betting/rest/v1.0/"
head = {'X-Application': 'XXXXXXXXXX', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'}

json_req=  '{"jsonrpc": "2.0","method": "SportsAPING/v1.0/listEventTypes", "params": { "filter": {} },  "id": 1  }'

url = endpoint + "listEventTypes/"

response = requests.post(url, data=json_req)
print(json.dumps(json.loads(response.text), indent=3))