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getcharacterids.py
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getcharacterids.py
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# a script to grab all the character id's and names from the Marvel API for use in my library catologue
import requests
import json
pubKey = '***fillinwithyourmarvelapiinfo***'
privKey = '***fillinwithyourmarvelapiinfo***'
HASH = '***fillinwithyourmarvelapiinfo***'
USER_AGENT = '***fillinwithyourmarvelapiinfo***'
payload = dict()
headers = {'user-agent': USER_AGENT}
# Gateway for API
url = 'http://gateway.marvel.com//v1/public/characters?' # fetches lists of characters
payload['ts'] = 1 # must include as part of auth
payload['apikey'] = pubKey # must include as part of auth
payload['hash'] = HASH # must include as part of auth
payload['limit'] = 100
def grabCharIds():
""" Grabs Character Names and Id #'s from Marvel API"""
offset = 0
for apicalls in range(20):
payload['offset'] = offset
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=payload)
count = 0
for i in response:
try:
idfile.write(str(response.json()['data']['results'][count]['name'].ljust(50)))
idfile.write(str(response.json()['data']['results'][count]['id']))
idfile.write("\n")
count += 1
except IndexError:
print('No more comics')
break
offset += 100
if __name__ == "__main__":
idfile = open("marv_char_ids.txt", "w")
grabCharIds()
idfile.close()