Printing json results in python

Question

I'm using two files for this project. Snapchat.py and test.py

Snapchat.py contains the following (showing the important part):

def add_friend(self, username):
    """Add user as friend
    Returns JSON response.
    Expected messages:
        Success: '{username} is now your friend!'
        Pending: '{username} is private. Friend request sent.'
        Failure: 'Sorry! Couldn't find {username}'
    :param username: Username to add as a friend
    """
    r = self._request('friend', {
        'action': 'add',
        'friend': username,
        'username': self.username
    })
    return r.json()

The file test.py, that I am currently working on has the following code:

#including Snapchat in test.py
from snapchat import Snapchat

s = Snapchat()

username = raw_input('Enter your username: ')
password = raw_input('Enter your password: ')
friend = raw_input('Enter friend name: ')
s.login(username, password)

s.add_friend(friend)

The important part here is:

    Returns JSON response.
    Expected messages:
        Success: '{username} is now your friend!'
        Pending: '{username} is private. Friend request sent.'
        Failure: 'Sorry! Couldn't find {username}'

I want that response printed at the end of the test.py file in the command shell.

Though I have no clue on how to do this, I have tried importing it in the test.py file and printing it, but not working.

I don't see any reference to the R language here, so I'm removing the [r] tag — Rich Scriven
– Rich Scriven, Commented Nov 17, 2014 at 6:11

Syed Mauze Rehan · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-17 08:51:50Z

1

Please note that the Messages you pasted in your question will infact be returned by the add_friend method, so you don't need to do anything.

Simply print them like;

#First you need to see what is the response for your login call
login_response = s.login(username, password)
print str(login_response)

#if you wish to access some value in this response
value = login_response.get("the_value", {the default value})

if value: #incase you want to make sure you logged in correctly   
    json_response = s.add_friend(friend)
    print str(json_response)

edited Nov 17, 2014 at 8:51

answered Nov 17, 2014 at 6:14

Syed Mauze Rehan

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12 Comments

Snowlav Over a year ago

Thanks! I have tried it, but it still does not give me response.

Syed Mauze Rehan Over a year ago

It is sort of a pseudo code. You need to comeup with proper implementation to return the status code and the json response. I don't know the library you are using for making http requests.

Snowlav Over a year ago

where can I see that?

Syed Mauze Rehan Over a year ago

What is this "self._request"? which library is it using to make http calls? check it...

Snowlav Over a year ago

This is what I use: github.com/martinp/pysnap snapchat.py: github.com/martinp/pysnap/blob/master/pysnap/__init__.py

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