REST API Integration in Python

REST API Integration in Python — a practical guide to Python REST API with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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Short description

REST uses resource URLs and HTTP verbs. Send JSON with correct headers and parse responses.

POST JSON example

import requests

payload = {'title': 'foo', 'body': 'bar', 'userId': 1}
r = requests.post(
    'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts',
    json=payload,
    timeout=10,
)
print(r.status_code, r.json())