How to create multiple API requests based on different param values?

Question

So I have this list which stores different request URLS for finding an account.

accounts= []

Each url looks something like this. 'https://example.somewebsite.ie:000/v12345/accounts/12345/users'

Each URL has a different ID so the next URL in the list would be for example 'https://example.somewebsite.ie:000/v12345/accounts/54321/users'

I've tried doing something like this.


accountReq = []
for i in accounts:
    accountReq = requests.get(i, headers=headers).json()



for each in accountReq['data']:
    print(each['username']+" "+" ",each['first_name'],each['last_name'])

This only prints out the last GET requests data.

How do I write multiple requests based on taking each different value in my list?

I can do separate requests line by line but I don't want to do this as I may have a 100 plus URLS to try.

What error do you see? Iterating over a list of properly constructed URLs like that is fine — jackal
– jackal, Commented May 19, 2022 at 17:52
When I save a response , it only saves the response from one of the URLS. I need to save all responses from all URLS @LancelotduLac — mrOlympia
– mrOlympia, Commented May 19, 2022 at 17:56
You need to show more of your code to make this question relevant. I suspect you need a list (accountReq) to which you should append the responses otherwise accountReq will only ever contain the result of the last GET — jackal
– jackal, Commented May 19, 2022 at 17:57
I see you updated your last comment, can you please post a coded example of how creating a list of responses should look like? — mrOlympia
– mrOlympia, Commented May 19, 2022 at 18:05

teoman · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-20 11:49:36Z

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accountReq only holds the last data because you're redefining the variable on each iteration. You should change your code to this:

accountReq = []
for i in accounts:
    accountReq.append(requests.get(i, headers=headers).json())



for each in accountReq:
    account = each['data']
    for data in account:
        print(data['username']+" "+" ",data['first_name'],data['last_name'])

Now this will ADD every individual JSON object data to accountReq list.

edited May 20, 2022 at 11:49

answered May 19, 2022 at 18:22

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mrOlympia Over a year ago

This throws a ` for each in accountReq['data']: TypeError: list indices must be integers or slices, not str ` error

teoman Over a year ago

@mrOlympia Edited the code. I think it should work now.

mrOlympia Over a year ago

that didn't work but I tweaked it and it is working! I will post my answer and then accept yours.

teoman Over a year ago

I have looked at the code you provided and fixed my answer accordingly to eliminate any confusion for future readers.

jackal · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-20 11:01:17Z

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If you're only interested in printing certain values then:

accounts = [] # a list of URLs

for account in accounts:
  (r := requests.get(account, headers=headers)).raise_for_status()
  for d in r.json()['data']:
    print(f"{d['username']}, {d['first_name']}, {d['last_name']}")

edited May 20, 2022 at 11:01

answered May 19, 2022 at 18:22

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mrOlympia Over a year ago

This throw this following error > print(f"{d['username']}, {d['first_name']}, {d['last_name']}") TypeError: list indices must be integers or slices, not str

jackal Over a year ago

@mrOlympia That's because r.json()['data'] is returning a list rather than a dictionary so your JSON structure is not as implied by your original code. I will edit my answer to account for that

mrOlympia · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-20 10:36:51Z

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for each in accountReq:
        account = each['data']
        for data in account:
         print(data['username']+" "+" ",data['first_name'],data['last_name'])

that's what I done after tweaking an answer someone provided.

answered May 20, 2022 at 10:36

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