JSONDecodeError when convert OpenStreetMap query in jupyter notebook

Question

I need help related to OpenStreetMap. I'm using python (jupyter notebook) to get data of hospitals in Bali area, Indonesia. Here is my code and query:

import pandas as pd
import requests
import json

overpass_api = "http://overpass-api.de/api/interpreter"

query_hospital = """
[out:json];
{{geocodeArea:'Provinsi Bali'}}->.searchArea;
node[amenity='hospital'](area.searchArea);
out;
"""

response_hospital = requests.get(overpass_api, params={'data':query_hospital})

but when I run the next code,

data_hospital = response_hospital.json()

it returns error JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

the query works well in Overpass Turbo but when I put in notebook, it returns error.

Answer 1

I've found the solution. Looks like python can't parse the double curly braces {{ }} in the openstreetmap query. So I modify the query into like this

query_hospital = """
[out:json];
area[name=Bali];
node[amenity='hospital'](area);
out;
"""

or if we use area name in local language

query_hospital = """
[out:json];
area['name:id'='Provinsi Bali'];
node[amenity='hospital'](area);
out;
"""

the query returns same result and now python can parse it.