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Jveto
Jveto

Reputation: 61

Parameters in requests

So I'm trying to learn python so I can work with an api. The tutorial I was using was using python 2 and urllib. I'm running python 3.6, so it wasn't working. So I decided to try and learn about requests. I'm having a little bit of trouble converting from urllib to requests.

import requests
import json

parameters = {"apikey": "mykey", "queries": "SN74S74N"}

response = requests.get("http://octopart.com/api/v3/parts/match", params = 
parameters)
data = response.json()


#print(type(data))
print(data)

The error I get when I run this is 

{'message': 'JSON decode error: SN74S74N', '__class__': 'ClientErrorResponse'}

I'm not sure why I'm getting this error. But I think it might be because my parameters aren't set up right. Is requests capable of doing the same thing they have in the documentation? https://octopart.com/api/docs/v3/rest-api#endpoints-parts-match

Sorry this is vague, I just started learning python and apis. Will be around to further clarify any questions.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 108

Answers (1)

clair3st
clair3st

Reputation: 109

From looking at the docs you provided for the API it looks like your parameters aren't structured how the API requires it.

Under the examples section, it shows the queries sent with the request as:

queries = [
    {'mpn': 'SN74S74N',
     'reference': 'line1'},
    {'sku': '67K1122',
     'reference': 'line2'}
]

So for your example you need:

queries = [
    {'mpn': 'SN74S74N',
     'reference': reference goes here}
]

and use the request as you have in your code.

link to the docs

Upvotes: 1

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