import urllib.parse
import requests

ig_url = "https://www.instagram.com/p/DSsZmsTDGmt/"
api = "http://localhost:8000/canonical/create_from_instagram_url"

full = api + "?instagram_url=" + urllib.parse.quote(ig_url, safe="")
r = requests.post(full, timeout=60)
print(r.status_code)
print(r.text)