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Django 3 Web Development Cookbook

You're reading from   Django 3 Web Development Cookbook Actionable solutions to common problems in Python web development

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838987428
Length 608 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Django 3.0 2. Models and Database Structure FREE CHAPTER 3. Forms and Views 4. Templates and JavaScript 5. Custom Template Filters and Tags 6. Model Administration 7. Security and Performance 8. Hierarchical Structures 9. Importing and Exporting Data 10. Bells and Whistles 11. Testing 12. Deployment 13. Maintenance 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Importing data from an external XML file

Just as we showed what could be done with JSON in the preceding recipe, the Last.fm file also allows you to take data from its services in XML format. In this recipe, we will show you how to do this.

Getting ready

Follow these steps to import data in the XML format from Last.fm:

  1. Let's start with the music app that we created in the Importing data from a local CSV file recipe.
  2. To use Last.fm, you need to register and get an API key. The API key can be
    created at https://www.last.fm/api/account/create.
  3. The API key has to be set in the settings as LAST_FM_API_KEY. We recommend
    providing it from the secrets file or an environment variable and drawing that into your settings...
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