Making API Calls in Python

pip install requests

import requests
import json


url = "https://reqres.in/api/users?page=2"
headers = {
    "Accept": "application/json",  # Specify the type of response you want
    "User-Agent": "MyApp/1.0"  # Identify your application
}

try:
    response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=10)

    # Raise an error for bad responses
    response.raise_for_status()

    data = response.json()  # Parse JSON response


    d1 = data # Extract the 'data' field from the JSON response 
    print(d1)  # Print the extracted data

    # Pretty print the JSON response
    print(json.dumps(data, indent=4))

except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"An error occurred: {e}")
    


# The above code sends a GET request to the specified URL, retrieves the response, and prints the data in a formatted manner.
# It also handles any potential errors that may occur during the request.

import requests

payload = {"name": "test", "salary": "123", "age": "23"}
headers = {
    'User-Agent': 'nginx/1.21.6',
    'Accept': '*/*',
    'Cache-Control': 'no-cache',
    'Connection': 'keep-alive',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

try:
    # Make the POST request
    response = requests.post('https://dummy.restapiexample.com/api/v1/create', json=payload, headers=headers)
    
    # Raise an error for bad responses
    response.raise_for_status()
    
    # If the request is successful, parse the JSON response
    data = response.json()
    
    # Print the response data
    print("Resource created successfully!")
    print(data)

except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
    print("The request timed out. Please try again later.")
except requests.exceptions.TooManyRedirects:
    print("Too many redirects. Check the URL and try again.")
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"An error occurred: {e}")
except json.JSONDecodeError:
    print("Failed to decode JSON response. Please check the server response.")
except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as err:
    if err.response.status_code == 400:
        print("Bad Request: The server could not understand the request.")
    elif err.response.status_code == 401:
        print("Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials.")
    elif err.response.status_code == 403:
        print("Forbidden: You do not have permission to access this resource.")
    elif err.response.status_code == 404:
        print("Not Found: The requested resource could not be found.")
    elif err.response.status_code == 500:
        print("Internal Server Error: The server encountered an error and could not complete your request.")
    else:
        print(f"HTTP error occurred: {err}")
except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
    print("Connection error: Please check your internet connection.")

except Exception as e:
    print(f"An unexpected error occurred: {e}")

python --version

from urllib.request import urlopen

url = "https://www.example.com"
response = urlopen(url)
html = response.read()

print(html.decode("utf-8"))

from urllib.parse import urlencode
from urllib.request import urlopen

params = {'name': 'Himanshu', 'age': 25}
query_string = urlencode(params)

url = "https://httpbin.org/get?" + query_string
response = urlopen(url)
print(response.read().decode())

from urllib import request, parse

data = parse.urlencode({'username': 'Himanshu', 'password': '1234'}).encode()
req = request.Request("https://httpbin.org/post", data=data, method="POST")

response = request.urlopen(req)
print(response.read().decode())

from urllib.parse import urlparse

url = "https://www.example.com/page?name=Himanshu&age=25"
parsed = urlparse(url)

print(parsed.scheme)     # https
print(parsed.netloc)     # www.example.com
print(parsed.path)       # /page
print(parsed.query)      # name=Himanshu&age=25

from urllib.request import urlopen
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup  # Requires: pip install beautifulsoup4

url = "https://news.ycombinator.com"
html = urlopen(url).read()
soup = BeautifulSoup(html, 'html.parser')

for link in soup.find_all('a'):
    print(link.get('href'))