Introduction to Programming API Examples

lastfm.py

import requests

API_KEY = "<API-Key>"
BASE_URL = "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0"

# What was the fifth best album by Sonu Nigam?
def example_1():
    url = f"{BASE_URL}?method=artist.gettopalbums&artist=Sonu+Nigam&api_key={API_KEY}&format=json"
    data = requests.get(url).json()
    album = data["topalbums"]["album"][4]
    print(album["name"])


example_1()

tmdb.py

from datetime import datetime

import requests

API_KEY = "<API-Key>"
BASE_URL = "https://api.themoviedb.org/3"


# Who was the playback singer of the Rajkumar Hirani's 3rd film?
def example_1():
    url = f"{BASE_URL}/search/person?api_key={API_KEY}&query=Rajkumar+Hirani"
    data = requests.get(url).json()
    person = data["results"][0]

    url = f"{BASE_URL}/person/{person['id']}/movie_credits?api_key={API_KEY}"
    data = requests.get(url).json()
    movies = sorted(
        filter(lambda x: x["job"] == "Director" and "release_date" in x, data["crew"]),
        key=lambda x: datetime.strptime(x["release_date"], "%Y-%m-%d"),
    )
    print(movies[2]["title"])

    url = f"{BASE_URL}/movie/{movies[2]['id']}?api_key={API_KEY}&append_to_response=credits"
    data = requests.get(url).json()
    singer = next(s for s in data["credits"]["crew"] if s["job"] == "Playback Singer")

    print(singer["name"])


# What was the first movie directed by the director who made the 3rd-highest grossing English comedy of 2011?
def example_2():
    url = f"{BASE_URL}/genre/movie/list?api_key={API_KEY}"
    data = requests.get(url).json()
    genre = next(g for g in data["genres"] if g["name"] == "Comedy")

    url = f"{BASE_URL}/discover/movie?api_key={API_KEY}&primary_release_year=2011&sort_by=revenue.desc&with_genres={genre['id']}&with_original_language=en"
    data = requests.get(url).json()
    movie = data["results"][2]
    print(movie["title"])

    url = f"{BASE_URL}/movie/{movie['id']}?api_key={API_KEY}&append_to_response=credits"
    data = requests.get(url).json()
    director = next(d for d in data["credits"]["crew"] if d["job"] == "Director")
    print(director["name"])

    url = f"{BASE_URL}/person/{director['id']}/movie_credits?api_key={API_KEY}"
    data = requests.get(url).json()
    movies = sorted(
        filter(lambda x: x["job"] == "Director" and "release_date" in x, data["crew"]),
        key=lambda x: datetime.strptime(x["release_date"], "%Y-%m-%d"),
    )
    print(movies[0]["title"])


example_1()