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A module Python, small wrapper over the VK API
To install the latest release on PyPI, simply run:
pip install mini-vk
Or to install the latest development version, run:
pip install git+https://github.com/SemenovAV/mini_vk
api.get_api
takes in a string containing access token vk
from mini_vk.api import get_api
api = get_api(access_token)
response = api.users.get(user_id=1).text
response:
{"response":[{"id":1,"first_name":"Павел","last_name":"Дуров","is_closed":false,"can_access_closed":true}]}
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Small wrapper over the VK API
We found that mini-vk demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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