Request API data using Python in 8 minutes! ↩️

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https://pokeapi.co/

00:00:00 Pokeapi intro
00:00:40 import requests
00:01:09 pip install requests
00:01:44 url
00:03:17 response.get(url)
00:03:35 response.status_code
00:06:22 display API data

# How to connect to an API using Python
import requests

base_url = "https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/"

def get_pokemon_info(name):
url = f"{base_url}/pokemon/{name}"
response = requests.get(url)

if response.status_code == 200:
pokemon_data = response.json()
return pokemon_data
else:
print(f"Failed to retrieve data {response.status_code}")

pokemon_name = "pikachu"
pokemon_info = get_pokemon_info(pokemon_name)

if pokemon_info:
print(f"Name: {pokemon_info["name"].capitalize()}")
print(f"Id: {pokemon_info["id"]}")
print(f"Height: {pokemon_info["height"]}")
print(f"Weight: {pokemon_info["weight"]}")
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