Working with APIs and Web Services

RESTful APIs have become the standard for web services, providing a flexible and uniform way to access data over the internet. With Python’s requests library, interacting with RESTful APIs is a breeze.

# Example: Consuming a RESTful API with Python
import requests

url = “https://api.example.com/data”
response = requests.get(url)

if response.status_code == 200:
data = response.json()
# Process the data as needed
else:
print(“Failed to fetch data!”)

Many APIs require authentication to access sensitive data. Python’s requests library allows you to handle various authentication methods, ensuring secure and authorized access.

# Example: Handling API response and authentication
import requests

url = “https://api.example.com/data”
headers = {‘Authorization’: ‘Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN’}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

if response.status_code == 200:
data = response.json()
# Process the data as needed
else:
print(“Failed to fetch data or unauthorized access!”)