foursquare-codebox.py

import requests
import time

client_id = ""
client_secret = ""
limit = 10

default_what = "sushi"

what = ARGS["POST"].get("what","")

if not what:
    what = ARGS["GET"].get("what","")
    
if not what:
    what = default_what

link = "https://api.foursquare.com/v2/venues/search\
?client_id={CLIENT_ID}\
&client_secret={CLIENT_SECRET}\
&v=20160209\
&ll=40.7,-74\
&query={what}\
&limit={limit}".format(CLIENT_ID=client_id, CLIENT_SECRET=client_secret, what=what, limit=limit)
  
start = time.time()

r = requests.get(link)

end = time.time()
print "Foursquare API Call [ms]: {duration}".format(duration=(end - start)*1000)

print r.json()