python requests get json code example

Example 1: python convert requests response to json

import json
import requests

response = requests.get(...)
json_data = json.loads(response.text)

Example 2: python send get request with headers

r=requests.get("http://www.example.com/", headers={"content-type":"text"})

Example 3: python requests exceptions

try:
    r = requests.get(url, params={'s': thing})
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:  # This is the correct syntax
    raise SystemExit(e)

Example 4: python requests send json

requests.post('http://httpbin.org/post', json={'test': 'cheers'})

Example 5: raise_for_status() requests

Raise an exception if a request is unsuccessful

import requests
url = "http://mock.kite.com/status/404"
r = requests.get(url)
try: 
    r.raise_for_status()
except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e: 
    print e
OUTPUT
404 Client Error: NOT FOUND