From Postman to Python: Your First GET Request

Published: 30 August 2021
on channel: 0x2142 - Networking Nonsense

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In this video, we'll walk through a fairly basic intro on how to query an API via Postman, then show how to use Python to make those same queries a little more dynamic & automated. The intent of this video is not to be an all-inclusive intro to Postman or Python - just to give a few examples, and show how easy it can be to make the jump from Postman to Python. The examples used are created in the context of systems/network automation, but the underlying concepts are usable outside of these areas.

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Example code on my GitHub: https://github.com/0x2142/example-scr...

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro / Background
2:27 - Review Test API / JSON Data
4:26 - Postman: Set up & Execute Simple GET Request
7:40 - Postman: Using Query Parameters
10:15 - Python: Install Requests Module & Basic GET Request
11:43 - Python: Querying with User Input
13:30 - Python: Comparing JSON Response with Python List / Dict
14:52 - Python: Filtering & Formatting Response Data
16:49 - Example: Using Meraki Dashboard API to Find Most Common Device OS

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