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python requests module with rest api

Narkw Brahma

Narkw Brahma

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Python Requests Module with REST API

Python Requests module is an HTTP library that makes it easy to send HTTP requests and handle responses in Python. It allows you to send HTTP/1.1 requests extremely easily.

REST API, on the other hand, is a web service that uses HTTP methods like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE to perform operations on a database or a file.

Combining Python Requests module with REST API allows you to interact with a web service using Python. You can use Python Requests module to send different types of HTTP requests like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE to the REST API and receive responses in return.

Using Python Requests Module with REST API

To use Python Requests module with REST API, you need to first install the requests module. You can install it using pip, which is a package manager for Python.


    pip install requests

Once the requests module is installed, you can import it in your Python script using import statement. For example:


    import requests

Now, you can use the requests module to send HTTP requests to the REST API. Here is an example of how to send a GET request using requests module:


    response = requests.get("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1")
    print(response.json())

In the example above, we are sending a GET request to the REST API endpoint "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1" and printing the response in JSON format.

Authentication with REST API

If the REST API is protected with authentication, you need to provide the authentication credentials with the requests module. The authentication can be Basic Authentication or Token Authentication.

For Basic Authentication, you need to provide the username and password in the requests module. Here is an example:


    response = requests.get("https://api.example.com/data", auth=("username", "password"))

For Token Authentication, you need to provide the token in the requests module. Here is an example:


    headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer my_token"}
    response = requests.get("https://api.example.com/data", headers=headers)

Sending POST Request with REST API

You can also send a POST request to the REST API using requests module. Here is an example:


    data = {"name": "John", "age": "30"}
    headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
    response = requests.post("https://api.example.com/user", json=data, headers=headers)

In the example above, we are sending a POST request to the REST API endpoint "https://api.example.com/user" with JSON data and headers.

Conclusion

Using Python Requests module with REST API allows you to interact with a web service using Python. You can send different types of HTTP requests like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE to the REST API and receive responses in return. You can also provide authentication credentials with the requests module for protected APIs.

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