NASA API with Python

API Interaction with NASA using Python

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VENOM666

#365 DAYS OF CODE: DAY 3: NASA OPEN API INTERACTION - 1ST ATTEMPT

# by: VENOM666

# Developer's Note: I don't have a grasp on how API interaction works, please help me

# What does this do?

# Shows the data for the Astronomical Picture of the Day (APOD)

from urllib.request import urlopen as url_open

import json #javascript object notation

#from PIL import Image #Python Imaging Library

url = 'https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod?' # I don't get how url queries work, someone help

API_KEY = 'api_key=dWpZtxYFFudFeJi4KnQmoDXZz6y8rf7pPus6yoqu' #own API key, please register for your own at NASA Open APIs

decoded_string = url_open(url + API_KEY).read().decode('utf-8') #url_open().read() returns a string with b prepended, which needs to be decoded first with decode('utf-8') before it can be transformed into json format

decoded_json = json.loads(decoded_string)

for key in decoded_json: #iterate through the json dictionary

value = decoded_json[key]

print('{}: {}'.format(key, value))

#Image.open(url_open(decoded_json['url'])) # Outputs the picture on the screen. Doesn't work on Sololearn tho. Try it on your working environment. Cheers to Kuba for this addition to my code!!!