HTTP requests and JSON parsing in Python
I recommend using the awesome requests library:
import requestsurl = 'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json'params = dict( origin='Chicago,IL', destination='Los+Angeles,CA', waypoints='Joplin,MO|Oklahoma+City,OK', sensor='false')resp = requests.get(url=url, params=params)data = resp.json() # Check the JSON Response Content documentation below
JSON Response Content: https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/master/user/quickstart/#json-response-content
The requests
Python module takes care of both retrieving JSON data and decoding it, due to its builtin JSON decoder. Here is an example taken from the module's documentation:
>>> import requests>>> r = requests.get('https://github.com/timeline.json')>>> r.json()[{u'repository': {u'open_issues': 0, u'url': 'https://github.com/...
So there is no use of having to use some separate module for decoding JSON.