Basic Python API request

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Basic Python API request

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Last edited May 9, 2017

Created on May 9, 2017

This example demonstrates a basic HTTP request to a remote API, retrieving JSON data and checking the response status. It uses Python’s `requests` library to send a GET request to `https://www.something.com`, passing custom headers with a token and query parameters. The code calls `response.json()` to parse the returned payload and accesses `response.status_code` to verify the request’s success. The data source is the external endpoint, and the rendering approach is absent, as the snippet focuses solely on the request lifecycle.

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