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I'm a newbie in using API. I just want to get the data from API and store it in a database. I know there are many libraries/packages in python to extract the data from specific API (for example Google API: google-api-python-client). So is there any generic library to get the data from API?

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    It depends on the format of the data. If it's a RESTful JSON API, you can use requests to get the data, and json to convert it to a Python dict Commented Oct 9, 2019 at 10:41
  • I have read the second point multiple times. Can you please reword it? I am not able to understand your model. Commented Oct 9, 2019 at 10:41
  • Agreed @WinningAddicted - I can't understand the second point in the OP... Commented Oct 9, 2019 at 10:48
  • @WinningAddicted It's my bad. I didn't have a proper understanding of what Redirect URL is. I've edited my question. Thanks Commented Oct 9, 2019 at 10:52
  • @NihalMudhiraj Good to know :) If there are no mode doubts, can you please close the question? Commented Oct 9, 2019 at 10:54

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When you are trying to use a generic API service, inherently that means you want a library that can help you do the following:

(Assuming they are RESTful APIs):

  1. POST requests
  2. GET requests
  3. PUT requests

All you need is the requests module that fits the bill: https://pypi.org/project/requests/

Tutorial to use it: https://www.w3schools.com/python/module_requests.asp

For the second part, I am confused about what you exactly want to do. Do you want anyone to view some data if the have the URL to it? I can update my answer based on your inputs.

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This discusses only one type of application programming interface (API). There are many different APIs, and new APIs are constantly added. There cannot be a generic API library.
@JoachimWagner I think I gotta read more about API. Thanks a lot for your answer :)
@NihalMudhiraj Lot's of interesting blog posts when searching for history of api.

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