Python API Calls: Implementation Guide

1 year ago
Olivia Parker
1 minute

To make API calls using Python, you can utilize either the requests library or the http.client library. Here is an example using the requests library:

import requests

url = 'https://api.example.com/endpoint'
headers = {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}
params = {
    'param1': 'value1',
    'param2': 'value2'
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)

if response.status_code == 200:
    data = response.json()
    print(data)
else:
    print('Error:', response.status_code)

In this example, the URL, request headers, and parameters of the API are defined first. Then the requests.get() method is used to send a GET request and handle the response data based on the returned status code. Depending on the requirements of the API, other methods like requests.post() or requests.put() may be used to send different types of requests.

Please make sure you have the correct API token and understand the API documentation before setting up the request headers and parameters.

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