Working with APIs in Python

Question 1

Import the a Python library to work with APIs

Answer 1

import requests

Question 2

Send a get request to an endpoint

Answer 2

response = requests.get(“Endpoint_address_as_string”)

Question 3

Examine the status code from a response object

Answer 3

response.status_code

Question 4

Import a library to work with JSON

Answer 4

import jason

Question 5

Use a function from json library to convert a Python object into a string

Answer 5

new_string = json.dumps( Python_Object )

Question 6

Use a function from json library to convert a JSON string into a Python object

Answer 6

Python_Object = json.loads( JASON_String )

Question 7

Retrieve a Python object from a response object

Answer 7

response.json()

Question 8

Retrieve a JSON text from a response object

Answer 8

response.content

Question 9

Retrieve metadata from a response object

Answer 9

response.headers 
#returns as a dictionary object