How do I build an API connection in Python?

This article shows an example of an API connection in Python.

PyPi package

We have a PyPi package available that provides functionality for authentication, authorization, and requesting resources. This package can be installed using pip.

pip install mopinion

We provide additional and more in-depth information on https://mopinion-python-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/.

Create a Python connection without the PyPi package

In the below code replace the following with your own credentials.

public_key = '8e8e8e8e8e88e'
token = '9d9galnojvavlkre455%lreagfglkfgslkng'

import requests
import base64
import hmac, hashlib
import simplejson as json
import pprint

pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=1)

def callAPI(base_url, public_key, token, endpoint='/account', method='GET', body='', query=''):
    
    
    
    signature_token = bytes(token.encode('utf-8'))
    uri_and_body = '{}|{}'.format(endpoint,body).encode('utf-8')
    uri_and_body_hmac_sha256 = hmac.new(signature_token, msg=uri_and_body, digestmod = hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()
    
    xtoken = base64.b64encode(bytes('{}:{}'.format(public_key, uri_and_body_hmac_sha256), 'utf-8'))
    url = '{}{}{}'.format(base_url, endpoint, query)
    headers = {
        'X-Auth-Token': xtoken,
        'version':'1.18.14',
        'verbosity':'full'
    }
    
    response = requests.request(method, url, data=body, headers=headers, params=query)
    return response, xtoken


baseurl = 'https://api.mopinion.com'
endpoint = '/account'

#public key and signature token
public_key = '8e8e8e8e8e88e'
token = '9d9galnojvavlkre455%lreagfglkfgslkng'
query = ''
call = callAPI(baseurl,public_key,token,endpoint,query=query)
pp.pprint(call[0].json())
print(call[1])

Knowledge base

How do I build an API connection in Python?

PyPi package

Create a Python connection without the PyPi package

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