In this section, we will be exploring various APIs that are available on the web, send requests to them, and receive responses, before explaining how they work via the Python programming language.
Let's consider the following sample URL, https://www.someexampledomain.com. The API it provides comes with parameters, locators, and authentication. By using these, we can access the following resources:
- https://api.someexampledomain.com
- https://api.someexampledomain.com/resource?key1=value1&key2=value2
- https://api.someexampledomain.com/resource?api_key=ACCESS_KEY&key1=value1&key2=value2
- https://api.someexampledomain.com/resource/v1/2019/01
Parameters or collections of key-value pairs are actually sets of predefined variables that are provided by the web. Usually, the API provides some sort of documentation or basic guidelines regarding...
