Python CodeAlong: see how many people are in space *right now* with Python.

astros.py

# Python's built-in module for encoding and decoding JSON data
import json
# Python's built-in module for opening and reading URLs
from urllib.request import urlopen

# this api returns the current number of people in space
url = "http://api.open-notify.org/astros.json"

# send a request and get a JSON response
resp = urlopen(url)
astro_data = json.load(resp)

# example of iterating through astro data
for astro in astro_data["people"]:
  print(astro["name"])