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Python Requests Essentials

By : Rakesh Vidya Chandra, Bala Subrahmanyam Varanasi
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Python Requests Essentials

By: Rakesh Vidya Chandra, Bala Subrahmanyam Varanasi

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<p>Python is one of the most popular programming languages of our era; the Python Requests library is one of the world's best clients, with the highest number of downloads. It allows hassle-free interactions with web applications using simple procedures.</p> <p>You will be shown how to mock HTTP Requests using HTTPretty, and will learn to interact with social media using Requests. This book will help you to grasp the art of web scraping with the BeautifulSoup and Python Requests libraries, and will then paddle you through Requests impressive ability to interact with APIs. It will empower you with the best practices for seamlessly drawing data from web apps. Last but not least, you will get the chance to polish your skills by implementing a RESTful Web API with Python and Flask!</p>

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Python Requests Essentials
Rakesh Vidya Chandra | Bala Subrahmanyam Varanasi
Jun, 2015 | 134 pages
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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Python Requests Essentials
Python Requests Essentials
Credits
Credits
About the Authors
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Interacting with the Web Using Requests
Interacting with the Web Using Requests
Introduction to HTTP request
Python modules
Requests versus urllib2
Essence of Requests
Making a simple request
Response content
Different types of request contents
Looking up built-in response status codes
Viewing response headers
Accessing cookies with Requests
Tracking redirection of the request using request history
Using timeout to keep productive usage in check
Errors and exceptions
Summary
2
Digging Deep into Requests
Digging Deep into Requests
Persisting parameters across Requests using Session objects
Revealing the structure of a request and response
Using prepared Requests
Verifying an SSL certificate with Requests
Body Content Workflow
Using generator for sending chunk encoded Requests
Getting the request method arguments with event hooks
Iterating over streaming APIs
Self-describing the APIs with link headers
Transport Adapter
Summary
3
Authenticating with Requests
Authenticating with Requests
Basic authentication
Digest authentication
Kerberos authentication
OAuth authentication
Custom authentication
Summary
4
Mocking HTTP Requests Using HTTPretty
Mocking HTTP Requests Using HTTPretty
Understanding HTTPretty
Installing HTTPretty
Working with HTTPretty
Setting headers
Working with responses
Summary
5
Interacting with Social Media Using Requests
Interacting with Social Media Using Requests
API introduction
Interacting with Facebook
Interacting with reddit
Summary
6
Web Scraping with Python Requests and BeautifulSoup
Web Scraping with Python Requests and BeautifulSoup
Types of data
What is web scraping?
Key web scraping tasks
What is BeautifulSoup?
Building a web scraping bot – a practical example
Summary
7
Implementing a Web Application with Python Using Flask
Implementing a Web Application with Python Using Flask
What is Flask?
Getting started with Flask
Installing Flask
Survey – a simple voting application using Flask
Views
Templates
Running the survey application
Writing unit tests to survey applications
Summary
Index
Index

About the Authors

Rakesh Vidya Chandra has been in the field of software development for the last 3 years. His love for programming first sparked when he was introduced to LOGO in his school. After obtaining his bachelor's degree in Information Technology, he worked with Agiliq Info Solutions and built several web applications using Python. Rakesh is passionate about writing technical blogs on various open source technologies. When not coding, he loves to dance to hip-hop and listens to EDM.

Bala Subrahmanyam Varanasi loves hacking and building web applications. He has a bachelor's degree in Information Technology. He has been in the software industry for the last three and a half years, where he worked with Agiliq Info Solutions and Crypsis Technologies. Bala has also built different web applications using Python, Ruby, and JavaScript. Apart from coding, he is interested in entrepreneurship and is the founder of Firebolt Labs. Currently, he is working as a software engineer at TinyOwl Technology.

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