Download mtg set data

pull_set_info.py

import json
import requests

# Ask the user for the set abbreviation.
setabbrv = input("What's the abbreviation of the set?\n")
# Define the URL to look it up from
lookupobject = "https://api.scryfall.com/cards/search?order=name&q=set:" + setabbrv
# Make a get request and convert the json response to a dictionary
resp = json.loads(requests.get(lookupobject).text)

# Define a separate set data object so we can add to it separately
set_data = resp["data"]

# Since we're not using python csv library we need this to set a default value
def default_val(s):
    return s if s is not None else "n/a"


while resp["has_more"] and True is resp["has_more"]:
    # Get the data for the next page
    resp_next = json.loads(requests.get(resp["next_page"]).text)
    # Add the partial set data from the next page to the set data
    set_data += resp_next["data"]
    # Assign the next response to the object we check in the while
    resp = resp_next

with open(f"mtg-{setabbrv}-info.txt", "w+") as f:
    frmt = ",\t"
    for card in set_data:
        name = default_val(card["name"])
        rarity = default_val(card["rarity"])
        price = default_val(card["prices"]["usd"])
        foil_price = default_val(card["prices"]["usd_foil"])
        line = frmt.join([name, rarity, price, foil_price, "\n"])
        f.write(line)