REST APIs, Requests Module and JSON in Python (Python Part 13)

This class shows you how to use REST API’s in Python. You will get variable values from one API and pass it to another.

NOTE: (ERROR)

requests is not a default module.  You may have to use pip3 install requests

• 00:00 Intro
• 06:17 Requests Module to Scrape a Web Page/ REST API
• 16:18 JSON with REST API’s
• 22:21 JSON Module and Prettifying JSON
• 29:40 Demo – Weather Alert Script with Multiple API’s
• 47:46 Final Thoughts

rest-text.py

import requests

ip_address = requests.get('https://api.ipify.org').text

print(ip_address)

requests-copy.py

import requests

page = requests.get('https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/11/sam-altman-officially-back-as-openai-ceo-we-didnt-lose-a-single-employee/').text

print(page)

with open('ars-copy.html', 'w') as file:
  file.write(page)

location-json.py

import requests

ip_address = requests.get('https://api.ipify.org').text

location = requests.get(f'http://ip-api.com/json/{ip_address}').json()

print(ip_address)

print(location)

print(f"City:{location['city']} -- State: {location['regionName']}")

pretty-json.py

import requests
import json

ip_address = requests.get('https://api.ipify.org').text

location = requests.get(f'http://ip-api.com/json/{ip_address}').json()

print(location)

location_pretty = json.dumps(location, indent=2)

print(location['city'])

json-module.py

import requests
import json

ip_address = requests.get('https://api.ipify.org').text

#print(ip_address)

location = requests.get(f'http://ip-api.com/json/{ip_address}').json()

state = location['region']

#print(state)

weather = requests.get(f'https://api.weather.gov/alerts/active?area={state}').json()
#weather = requests.get(f'https://api.weather.gov/alerts/active?area=FL').json()

#print(weather)

weather_pretty = json.dumps(weather, indent=2)

#print(weather_pretty)

#print(weather['features'][0]['properties']['headline'])
#print(weather['features'][0]['properties']['description'])

try: 
    print('WEATHER')

    for x in weather['features']:
        print('\n --- >>>WARNING!!! <<< ---')
        print(x['properties']['headline'])
        print(x['properties']['description'])
except:
    print('No Alerts')