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How to make an API call in Python?

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In this thread, we are going to discuss how we can make an HTTP request in Python.

We are using the `requests` module.

It allows us to make HTTP requests. It is the most popular and easiest way in Python to send HTTP requests.

Before starting, make sure you have Python installed on your machine.

We are using Python3 for this demo.

🔗 python.org/downloads/

Install it from here if you haven't already.

We also need to install the `requests` module.

Run the following command in your terminal.

`pip3` is the package manager for Python 3.

You don't need to install it manually if you're working on Python 3.4+ versions.

Now that everything is installed, let's start by making an HTTP GET request. 👇🏻

Let's start by importing the `requests` module.

The `get()` method of the `requests` module allows us to make an HTTP GET request. It expects one mandatory param, which is URL.

We can access the response using the `text` property.

The `get()` method takes the second optional parameter, which is a Dictionary.

Here you can pass the query string if required.

Take a look. 👇🏻

What if we want to pass HTTP Header along with the request?

We can use the `request` method of the `requests` module. 👇🏻

It accepts two required parameters, which are method name and URL.

And we can pass query string in `params` and HTTP headers in `header` optional parameters.

You can do many other things using the `requests` module.

Learn more about it here: docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/api/

With that being said, this is pretty much it for this thread.

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