A Python script for the article "Zendesk REST API tutorial: Searching" at https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/203691406

search.py

from urllib.parse import urlencode

import requests

credentials = 'your_zendesk_email', 'your_zendesk_password'
session = requests.Session()
session.auth = credentials

params = {
    'query': 'type:ticket status:open',
    'sort_by': 'created_at',
    'sort_order': 'asc'
}

url = 'https://your_subdomain.zendesk.com/api/v2/search.json?' + urlencode(params)
response = session.get(url)
if response.status_code != 200:
    print('Status:', response.status_code, 'Problem with the request. Exiting.')
    exit()

# Print the subject of each ticket in the results
data = response.json()
for result in data['results']:
    print(result['subject'])