Django 'dict' object has no attribute 'META' error when using an API

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I am trying to get some data from an API but have been getting the error 'dict' object has no attribute 'META' when I try to print it. I am using Requests module for this. Here is the code:

url = "https://coronavirus-map.p.rapidapi.com/v1/summary/region"

    querystring = {"region":"Bangladesh"}

    headers = {
        'x-rapidapi-host': "coronavirus-map.p.rapidapi.com",
        'x-rapidapi-key': "leaving this out :P"
    }

    request = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=querystring).json()

    print(request.text)

Everything works on Postman. Can anyone help?

params looks suspicious here, isn't json= or data=?

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– αԋɱҽԃ αмєяιcαη

2020-04-12 17:44:38 +00:00
Commented Apr 12, 2020 at 17:44 — αԋɱҽԃ αмєяιcαη
– αԋɱҽԃ αмєяιcαη, Commented Apr 12, 2020 at 17:44

iscream · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-12 18:00:23Z

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It seems like all I had to do is remove the '.text' from the print command. I don't know why I had to do that though. Would be helpful if someone could tell.

So the change was:

print(request)

answered Apr 12, 2020 at 18:00

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Johan Schiff Over a year ago

Or .json() from the lite above. Having the variable request be a dict seems misleading.

Johan Schiff Over a year ago

So, the reason for the error is that .json() from the response object returns a dict in this case. (It could also potentially be a list, depending on the JSON data.) And then on the line below you try to print the attribute .text from the response object, but on the dict instead.

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