Python Requests Module

 Python Requests Module

Requests Module

Simple HTTP library for Python

Install

pip install requests

Sample API

https://reqres.in/api/users?page=1

{
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 6,
  "total": 12,
  "total_pages": 2,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "email": "george.bluth@reqres.in",
      "first_name": "George",
      "last_name": "Bluth",
      "avatar": "https://reqres.in/img/faces/1-image.jpg"
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "email": "janet.weaver@reqres.in",
      "first_name": "Janet",
      "last_name": "Weaver",
      "avatar": "https://reqres.in/img/faces/2-image.jpg"
    },.....
  ],
}

Sample Request

import requests
r = requests.get('https://reqres.in/api/users?page=1')
r.status_code #200
r.headers['content-type'] #application/json; charset=utf-8

Response

r.text

{"page":1,"per_page":6,"total":12,"total_pages":2,"data":[{"id":1,"email":"george.bluth@reqres.in","first_name":"George","last_name":"Bluth","avatar":"https://reqres.in/img/faces/1-image.jpg"},{"id":2,"email":"janet.weaver@reqres.in","first_name":"Janet","last_name":"Weaver","avatar":"https://reqres.in/img/faces/2-image.jpg"},{"id":3,"email":"emma.wong@reqres.in","first_name":"Emma","last_name":"Wong","avatar":"https://reqres.in/img/faces/3-image.jpg"},{"id":4,"email":"eve.holt@reqres.in","first_name":"Eve","last_name":"Holt","avatar":"https://reqres.in/img/faces/4-image.jpg"},{"id":5,"email":"charles.morris@reqres.in","first_name":"Charles","last_name":"Morris","avatar":"https://reqres.in/img/faces/5-image.jpg"},{"id":6,"email":"tracey.ramos@reqres.in","first_name":"Tracey","last_name":"Ramos","avatar":"https://reqres.in/img/faces/6-image.jpg"}],"support":{"url":"https://reqres.in/#support-heading","text":"To keep ReqRes free, contributions towards server costs are appreciated!"}}

JSON Response

r.json()

{'page': 1,
 'per_page': 6,
 'total': 12,
 'total_pages': 2,
 'data': [{'id': 1,
   'email': 'george.bluth@reqres.in',
   'first_name': 'George',
   'last_name': 'Bluth',
   'avatar': 'https://reqres.in/img/faces/1-image.jpg'},
  {'id': 2,
   'email': 'janet.weaver@reqres.in',
   'first_name': 'Janet',
   'last_name': 'Weaver',
   'avatar': 'https://reqres.in/img/faces/2-image.jpg'},
  {'id': 3,
   'email': 'emma.wong@reqres.in',
   'first_name': 'Emma',
   'last_name': 'Wong',
   'avatar': 'https://reqres.in/img/faces/3-image.jpg'},
  {'id': 4,
   'email': 'eve.holt@reqres.in',
   'first_name': 'Eve',
   'last_name': 'Holt',
   'avatar': 'https://reqres.in/img/faces/4-image.jpg'},
  {'id': 5,
   'email': 'charles.morris@reqres.in',
   'first_name': 'Charles',
   'last_name': 'Morris',
   'avatar': 'https://reqres.in/img/faces/5-image.jpg'},
  {'id': 6,
   'email': 'tracey.ramos@reqres.in',
   'first_name': 'Tracey',
   'last_name': 'Ramos',
   'avatar': 'https://reqres.in/img/faces/6-image.jpg'}],
 'support': {'url': 'https://reqres.in/#support-heading',
  'text': 'To keep ReqRes free, contributions towards server costs are appreciated!'}}