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Narkw Brahma

Narkw Brahma

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Python Requests Get YAML

If you are working with APIs and need to fetch data in YAML format, you can use Python's Requests library to make GET requests and parse the response in YAML format.

Using Requests and PyYAML

The easiest way to get YAML data using Python is to use the Requests library to make a GET request and then parse the response using PyYAML. Here's an example:


import requests
import yaml

response = requests.get('https://example.com/api/data.yaml')
data = yaml.safe_load(response.text)
print(data)

In this example, we first import the Requests library and PyYAML. We then make a GET request to the URL containing the YAML data we want to fetch. We use the yaml.safe_load() method to parse the YAML data into a Python object. Finally, we print the object to the console.

Using Requests and Ruamel.yaml

Another library that can be used to parse YAML in Python is Ruamel.yaml. Here's an example:


import requests
from ruamel.yaml import YAML

yaml = YAML()

response = requests.get('https://example.com/api/data.yaml')
data = yaml.load(response.text)
print(data)

In this example, we first import the Requests library and Ruamel.yaml. We create an instance of the YAML class from Ruamel.yaml. We then make a GET request to the URL containing the YAML data we want to fetch. We use the yaml.load() method to parse the YAML data into a Python object. Finally, we print the object to the console.

Conclusion

Python's Requests library and either PyYAML or Ruamel.yaml can be used to fetch and parse YAML data from APIs. By using these libraries, you can easily integrate YAML data into your Python projects.

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