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Learn about REST APIs, the Requests module, and JSON handling in Python in this comprehensive 55-minute tutorial. Explore web scraping techniques using the Requests module, understand how to work with REST APIs, and dive into JSON processing with the JSON module. Follow along with a practical demonstration of creating a weather alert script that utilizes multiple APIs. Gain insights into prettifying JSON output and discover best practices for working with web-based data in Python. Note that the Requests module requires separate installation using pip3.
Syllabus
Intro
Requests Module to Scrape a Web Page/ REST API
JSON with REST API’s
JSON Module and Prettifying JSON
Demo - Weather Alert Script with Multiple API’s
Final Thoughts
Taught by
Eli the Computer Guy