Python/web_programming/fetch_quotes.py
Christian Clauss a2fa32c7ad
Lukazlim: Replace dependency requests with httpx (#12744)
* Replace dependency `requests` with `httpx`

Fixes #12742
Signed-off-by: Lim, Lukaz Wei Hwang <lukaz.wei.hwang.lim@intel.com>

* updating DIRECTORY.md

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Signed-off-by: Lim, Lukaz Wei Hwang <lukaz.wei.hwang.lim@intel.com>
Co-authored-by: Lim, Lukaz Wei Hwang <lukaz.wei.hwang.lim@intel.com>
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"""
This file fetches quotes from the " ZenQuotes API ".
It does not require any API key as it uses free tier.
For more details and premium features visit:
https://zenquotes.io/
"""
# /// script
# requires-python = ">=3.13"
# dependencies = [
# "httpx",
# ]
# ///
import pprint
import httpx
API_ENDPOINT_URL = "https://zenquotes.io/api"
def quote_of_the_day() -> list:
return httpx.get(API_ENDPOINT_URL + "/today", timeout=10).json()
def random_quotes() -> list:
return httpx.get(API_ENDPOINT_URL + "/random", timeout=10).json()
if __name__ == "__main__":
"""
response object has all the info with the quote
To retrieve the actual quote access the response.json() object as below
response.json() is a list of json object
response.json()[0]['q'] = actual quote.
response.json()[0]['a'] = author name.
response.json()[0]['h'] = in html format.
"""
response = random_quotes()
pprint.pprint(response)