how to convert a curl call to a python request call

Question

I started working, with Alexa RANK API and I would like to use python request to make my API call:

that's what Alexa propose on the website:

curl -H "x-api-key: SMAxxxxxxxxxxxxx8sD2FDtzgaHtGEotx" "https://awis.api.alexa.com/api?Action=UrlInfo&Count=10&ResponseGroup=Rank,LinksInCount&Start=1&Url=cnn.com"

This is my incorrect code:(

from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
import requests

url = "https://awis.api.alexa.com/api?Action=UrlInfo&Count=10&ResponseGroup=Rank,LinksInCount&Start=1&Url=cnn.com"
headers = {"Accept": "application/json"}
auth = HTTPBasicAuth('x-api-key', 'SMADth1Axxxxxxxxxxx8sD2FDtzgaHtGEotx')

Answer 1

https://curl.trillworks.com/

Use it all the time. But basically everything after the? is in the payload and then you have to add the headers separately

Also see the requests documentation here https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/master/user/quickstart/#passing-parameters-in-urls

Answer 2

If you use an API Development platform like PostMan , you can use their "code snippets" feature to get the conversions of the API calls in multiple languages including Python.