thanks a lot Mats, that is what I was thinking. The info on JSON will however be useful to me anyways, thanks a lot,
On Fri, Nov 16, 2018, at 6:06 PM, Mats Wichmann wrote: > On 11/16/18 12:31 PM, Anil Duggirala wrote: > > hello, > > > > I have been looking for documentation about how to connect to APIs and > > using the provided info within python. I have found a few websites > > talking about very particular cases. Probably the most enlightening was > > the 'requests' library documentation. Can someone please point me to > > serious and comprehensive info on how to deal with APIs and then > > handling JSON and other provided info in python? Maybe a book? > > json handling is simple: the json module is part of the Python standard > library. > > https://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html > > APIs have no specific answer. An API is an Application Programming > Interface, each is different and specific to the project in question but > refers to how you communicate with the functionality of that project > from your program. Some popular ones have Python adaptations available, > otherwise you read the documentation and figure out how to code your > own. Sometimes the API is a style that lets you use an existing Python > project, even if it doesn't know anything about the thing you want to > talk to. requests is a good example - is the project you're interested > in provides a RESTful API, using HTTP protocols, then requests can > certainly be used to talk to it, but you still need to discover the > specifics and code them up yourself. Other APIs provide other interface > styles. > > > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
