thanks for the reply Eric,I will take a look at the python client libraries. Is there any web2py examples of making a request to an API and parsing the returned json?
Sep 15, 2:55 pm, Eric <hu5...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've not used any of the google api, but if you just need to access > and parse a json formatted api, you would need to use urllib or > urllib2 to make the request, then use simplejson or json or parse the > results: > > import urllib > import simplejson > > req = urllib.urlopen("http://google.com/api.json") ##<-example only > my_vars = simplejson.load(req) > > Atom should be similar -- urllib to access, then some Atom library to > parse the data. > Google offers their own Python client libraries, so you may want to > look into one of those. The basic procedure should be the same, > however. > > On Sep 15, 5:26 pm, Anaconda <kerwinfra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Its my first time trying to access a webservice/api, would i use > > feedparser in web2py to to make http requests to a google api. They > > return their results in atom and json? I just need some > > guidance.......thanks in advance guys. > > > Regards