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Quickly and easily access any RESTful or RESTful-like API.
If you are looking for the Twilio SendGrid API client library, please see this repo_.
Installation <#installation>__Quick Start <#quick-start>__Usage <#usage>__How to Contribute <#how-to-contribute>__Local Setup of the Project <#local-setup-of-the-project>__Troubleshooting <#troubleshooting>__Announcements <#announcements>__Thanks <#thanks>__About <#about>__License <#license>__.. code:: bash
pip install python_http_client
or
.. code:: bash
easy_install python_http_client
Store your Twilio SendGrid API key in a .env file.
.. code:: bash
cp .env_sample .env
Edit the .env file and add your API key.
Here is a quick example:
GET /your/api/{param}/call
.. code:: python
import python_http_client
global_headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer XXXXXXX"}
client = Client(host='base_url', request_headers=global_headers)
client.your.api._(param).call.get()
print(response.status_code)
print(response.headers)
print(response.body)
POST /your/api/{param}/call with headers, query parameters and a request body with versioning.
.. code:: python
import python_http_client
global_headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer XXXXXXX"}
client = Client(host='base_url', request_headers=global_headers)
query_params = {"hello":0, "world":1}
request_headers = {"X-Test": "test"}
data = {"some": 1, "awesome": 2, "data": 3}
response = client.your.api._(param).call.post(request_body=data,
query_params=query_params,
request_headers=request_headers)
print(response.status_code)
print(response.headers)
print(response.body)
Example Code_We encourage contribution to our projects, please see our CONTRIBUTING_ guide for details.
Quick links:
Feature Request_Bug Reports_Improvements to the Codebase_Review Pull Requests_The simplest local development workflow is by using docker.
docker-compose build (this builds the container)docker-compose up (this runs tests by default)Please see our troubleshooting guide_ for any issues.
All updates to this project is documented in our CHANGELOG_.
We were inspired by the work done on birdy_ and universalclient_.
python-http-client is maintained and funded by Twilio SendGrid, Inc. The names and logos for python-http-client are trademarks of Twilio SendGrid, Inc.
The MIT License (MIT)_
.. _this repo: https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-python .. _Example Code: https://github.com/sendgrid/python-http-client/tree/HEAD/examples .. _CONTRIBUTING: https://github.com/sendgrid/python-http-client/blob/HEAD/CONTRIBUTING.md .. _Feature Request: https://github.com/sendgrid/python-http-client/blob/HEAD/CONTRIBUTING.md#feature-request .. _Bug Reports: https://github.com/sendgrid/python-http-client/blob/HEAD/CONTRIBUTING.md#submit-a-bug-report .. _Improvements to the Codebase: https://github.com/sendgrid/python-http-client/blob/HEAD/CONTRIBUTING.md#improvements-to-the-codebase .. _Review Pull Requests: https://github.com/sendgrid/python-http-client/blob/HEAD/CONTRIBUTING.md#code-reviews .. _troubleshooting guide: https://github.com/sendgrid/python-http-client/blob/HEAD/TROUBLESHOOTING.md .. _CHANGELOG: https://github.com/sendgrid/python-http-client/blob/HEAD/CHANGELOG.md .. _birdy: https://github.com/inueni/birdy .. _universalclient: https://github.com/dgreisen/universalclient .. _The MIT License (MIT): https://github.com/sendgrid/python-http-client/blob/HEAD/LICENSE .. _this is an incredible opportunity to join our #DX team: https://sendgrid.com/careers/role/1421152/?gh_jid=1421152
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