Requests
is an
HTTP
library in python that allows you to send
HTTP requests using python
The general
syntax
for the request method is:
requests.methodname(params)
There are
many
request
methods
available for use in python: 1. POST 2. GET 3. REQUEST 4. HEAD etc
GET
is the most commonly used method to
obtain data
from an API endpoint.
response = requests.get(URL)
If the request is
successful
, the user will get
200
as a status code
response.status_code
Get the
JSON
response
by typing
response.json()
Post
request
is used to
submit
data
to be processed to the server.
response = requests.post(URL)
Command
to get the
status code
of the post request. Status code
200
means
success
.
response.status_code
Similarly, To
get
the
json-encoded content
of a response
response.json()
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