Python 3 Get and parse JSON API

Version 1: (do a pip install requests before running the script)

import requestsr = requests.get(url='https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json?print=pretty')print(r.json())

Version 2: (do a pip install wget before running the script)

import wgetfs = wget.download(url='https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json?print=pretty')with open(fs, 'r') as f:    content = f.read()print(content)

you can use standard library python3:

import urllib.requestimport jsonurl = 'http://www.reddit.com/r/all/top/.json'req = urllib.request.Request(url)##parsing responser = urllib.request.urlopen(req).read()cont = json.loads(r.decode('utf-8'))counter = 0##parcing jsonfor item in cont['data']['children']:    counter += 1    print("Title:", item['data']['title'], "\nComments:", item['data']['num_comments'])    print("----")##print formated#print (json.dumps(cont, indent=4, sort_keys=True))print("Number of titles: ", counter)

output will be like this one:

...Title: Maybe we shouldn't let grandma decide things anymore.  Comments: 2018---- Title: Carrie Fisher and Her Stunt Double Sunbathing on the Set of Return of The Jedi, 1982  Comments: 880---- Title: fidget spinner  Comments: 1537---- Number of titles:  25

I would usually use the requests package with the json package. The following code should be suitable for your needs:

import requestsimport jsonurl = 'https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json?print=pretty'r = requests.get(url)print(json.loads(r.content))

Output

[11008076,  11006915,  11008202, ....,  10997668, 10999859, 11001695]