[Tutor] DEALING WITH API

Joel Goldstick joel.goldstick at gmail.com
Fri Aug 7 19:55:50 CEST 2015


On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Emile van Sebille <emile at fenx.com> wrote:
> On 8/7/2015 2:14 AM, Gaurav Lathwal wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone. :))
>>
>> This time I am trying to fetch the required data using the API of the
>> website.
>> But, the problem I am having is I don't know how to make the request
>> properly.
>> When I enter the required URL in my browser, it downloads a .tgz which
>> includes all the updates that have taken place on the website in the last
>> 24 hours.
>
>
There is a third party module called Requests which is much easier to
use than the standard python urllib stuff.  Check it out.
http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/

>
> I'd normally use wget to retrieve tgz files and not a browser.
>
> Emile
>
>
>
>
>> So, when I use urlopen on the same url, & I try to read it, all I get is
>> gibberish.
>>
>> Any help, please ?
>> If I am unable to solve this problem, I am quitting programming, I have
>> had
>> enough bad experiences. :\ :\
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