materials/consuming-apis-python/giphy_search.py at python-string · realpython/materials

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import requests

# REPLACE the following with the API key you generated.

API_KEY = "REPLACE_DEMO_API_KEY"

endpoint = "https://api.giphy.com/v1/gifs/search"

# Define the search term you want to use.

search_term = "shrug"

# In the query parameters you can define:

# 1. The number of GIFs to return using the `limit` parameter.

# 2. The query term to search for using the `q` parameter.

# 3. The accepted rating of the GIFs returned using the `rating` parameter

# https://developers.giphy.com/docs/optional-settings#rating

params = {"api_key": API_KEY, "limit": 3, "q": search_term, "rating": "g"}

# The response will contain a list with all the GIFs that match your query.

# For each of those, you want to get the `title` and `url` fields.

response = requests.get(endpoint, params=params).json()

for gif in response["data"]:

title = gif["title"]

url = gif["url"]

print("%s | %s" % (title, url))

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