[Tutor] Python advice about API, JSON

[Juan Christian]

I'm trying to make my script the more pythonic possible. How would a good
approach regarding external API and json be?

I'm calling this API (http://docs.themoviedb.apiary.io/) using 'requests'.
The thing is that I need to do a bunch of different calls to the API:

- http://api.themoviedb.org/3/person << Receive ID and return person info
- http://api.themoviedb.org/3/tv << Receive ID and return serie info
- http://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie << Receive ID and return movie info
- http://api.themoviedb.org/3/search << Receive "Name of person or serie or
movie" and return ID

I have the following structures:

- {query}/{type}?api_key={key}&query={person or tv or movie}
- {query}/{id}?api_key={key}
- {query}/{id}/credits?api_key={key}
- {query}/{id}/season/{season_numer}?api_key={key}
- {query}/{id}/season/{season_numer}/episode/{episode_number}?api_key={key}
- {query}/{id}/season/{season_numer}/episode/{episode_number}/credits?api_key={key}


I'm thinking about creating a class 'API' and have all these URLs and
structures there. The thing is that I need to pass my API_KEY and this key
will be used for everything, so I just need to pass it once, how can I do
that? Yes, I know about class attributes, but the thing is that I will call
this class 'API' from different classes and I'll need to instantiate a API
obj in each of them, is it a good approach? Inside this 'API' class I would
have a __init__ that would receive an API_KEY and different methods, each
for a type of query (person, tv, movie, search, credits).

Maybe my explanation is a bit confusing but I hope you guys understood,
anyway, you can ask for more information if needed!

And another thing, What's better, a single module with multiple classes
(total lines: ~110) or multiple modules with 1-3 classes (correlated, like
class serie, season and episode in the same module, and class person and
character in the same module) each?

Thanks!
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