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Cheat Sheet: API's and Data Collection

Package/Method Description Code Example
Syntax:
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1. attribute = element[(attribute)]
Access the
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Accessing specific
element attribute attribute of an Example:
HTML
element. 1. 1

1. href = link_element[(href)]

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Syntax:
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Parse the
HTML content 1. soup = BeautifulSoup(html, (html.parser))
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BeautifulSoup() BeautifulSoup.
The parser Example:
type can vary
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based on the
project. 1. html = (https://api.example.com/data) soup = BeautifulSoup(html, (html.parser))

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Syntax:
Send a
DELETE 1. 1
request to
remove data or 1. response = requests.delete(url)
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from the
delete()
server. Example:
DELETE
requests delete 1. 1
a specified
resource on 1. response = requests.delete((https://api.example.com/delete))
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1. element = soup.find(tag, attrs)

Find the first
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element that
find()
matches the Example:
specified tag
and attributes. 1. 1

1. first_link = soup.find((a), {(class): (link)})

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Syntax:
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1. elements = soup.find_all(tag, attrs)

Find all
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elements that
find_all()
match the Example:
specified tag
and attributes. 1. 1

1. all_links = soup.find_all((a), {(class): (link)})</td>

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Syntax:
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1. children = element.findChildren()
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elements of an
findChildren()
HTML Example:
element.
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1. child_elements = parent_div.findChildren()

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get() Perform a Syntax:
GET request
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to retrieve data 1. response = requests.get(url)
from a
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GET requests
are typically Example:
used for 1. 1
reading data
from an API. 1. response = requests.get((https://api.example.com/data))
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contain the
server's
response,
which you can
process
further.
Include Syntax:
custom
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headers in the
request. 1. headers = {(HeaderName): (Value)}
Headers can
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Headers additional
information to Example:
the server,
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such as
authentication 1. base_url = (https://api.example.com/data) headers = {(Authorization): (Bearer YOUR_TOKEN)} response = re
tokens or
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Syntax:
Import the
necessary 1. 1
Import Libraries Python
libraries for 1. from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
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Parse JSON
data from the
response. This Syntax:
extracts and 1. 1
works with the
data returned 1. data = response.json()
by the API.
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The
response.json()
json() Example:
method
converts the 1. 1
JSON 2. 2
response into a
Python data 1. response = requests.get((https://api.example.com/data))
2. data = response.json()
structure
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dictionary or
list).
Syntax:
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1. sibling = element.find_next_sibling()
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sibling
next_sibling()
element in the Example:
DOM.
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1. next_sibling = current_element.find_next_sibling()

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Syntax:
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1. parent = element.parent
Access the
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in the
parent
Document Example:
Object Model
(DOM). 1. 1

1. parent_div = paragraph.parent

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post() Send a POST Syntax:
request to a
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specified URL
with data. 1. response = requests.post(url, data)
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requests using Example:
resources on
the server. The 1. 1
data parameter 1. response = requests.post((https://api.example.com/submit), data={(key): (value)})
contains the
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the server,
often in JSON
format.
Send a PUT
request to
Syntax:
update data on
the server. 1. 1
PUT requests
are used to 1. response = requests.put(url, data)
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existing
put()
resource on Example:
the server with
the data 1. 1
provided in the
data 1. response = requests.put((https://api.example.com/update), data={(key): (value)})
parameter, Copied!
typically in
JSON format.
Syntax:
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Pass query
1. params = {(param_name): (value)}
parameters in
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filter or
customize the Example:
Query parameters request. Query
parameters 1. 1
specify 2. 2
3. 3
conditions or
limits for the 1. base_url = "https://api.example.com/data"
requested data. 2. params = {"page": 1, "per_page": 10}
3. response = requests.get(base_url, params=params)

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Syntax:
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1. element = soup.select(selector)
Select HTML
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select() the parsed
HTML using a Example:
CSS selector.
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1. titles = soup.select((h1))

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Check the Syntax:
HTTP status
code of the 1. 1
response. The
1. response.status_code
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the result of
the request Example:
status_code (success, error,
redirection). 1. 1
Use the HTTP 2. 2
status codeIt 3. 3
can be used for 1. url = "https://api.example.com/data"
error handling 2. response = requests.get(url)
and decision- 3. status_code = response.status_code
making in
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your code.
tags for find() Specify any Tag Example:
and find_all() valid HTML
1. 1
tag as the tag 2. 2
parameter to 3. 3
search for 4. 4
elements of 5. 5
that type. Here 6. 6
7. 7
are some 8. 8
common 9. 9
HTML tags 10. 10
that you can
use with the 1. - (a): Find anchor () tags.
2. - (p): Find paragraph ((p)) tags.
tag parameter. 3. - (h1), (h2), (h3), (h4), (h5), (h6): Find heading tags from level 1 to 6 ( (h1),n (h2)).
4. - (table): Find table () tags.

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5. - (tr): Find table row () tags.
6. - (td): Find table cell ((td)) tags.
7. - (th): Find table header cell ((td))tags.
8. - (img): Find image ((img)) tags.
9. - (form): Find form ((form)) tags.
10. - (button): Find button ((button)) tags.

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Syntax:
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1. text = element.text
Retrieve the Copied!
text content of
text
an HTML Example:
element.
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1. title_text = title_element.text

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