make your first api call in python

introToAPI.py

# this is the module that helps us make API calls (requests)
import requests 
# this module helps us print all aspects of the data returned from API call
from pprint import pprint

# to make a different API call, just change the url below to a API endpoint. Two examples, one pokemon, one for longitude and latitude
# response = requests.get("http://api.open-notify.org/iss-now.json")
response = requests.get("https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon/ditto")
pprint(vars(response))

1. Make sure you have Python installed on your computer
2. in Terminal application, create a file called introToAPI.py and copy and paste this code into that file
3. in Terminal, go to the same folder where this file is, and then run the following command

python ./introToAPI.py