Python client library for Core API.
Requirements: Python 2.7, 3.3+
Install from PyPI, using pip:
$ pip install coreapi
Create a client instance:
from coreapi import Client
client = Client()
Retrieve an API schema:
document = client.get('https://api.example.org/')
Interact with the API:
data = client.action(document, ['flights', 'search'], params={
'from': 'LHR',
'to': 'PA',
'date': '2016-10-12'
})
The following schema and hypermedia formats are currently supported, either through built-in support, or as a third-party codec:
| Name | Media type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| CoreJSON | application/coreapi+json |
Supports both Schemas & Hypermedia. |
| OpenAPI ("Swagger") | application/openapi+json |
Schema support. |
| JSON Hyper-Schema | application/schema+json |
Schema support. |
| HAL | application/hal+json |
Hypermedia support. |
Additionally, the following plain data content types are supported:
| Name | Media type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| JSON | application/json |
Returns Python primitive types. |
| Plain text | text/* |
Returns a Python string instance. |
| Other media | */* |
Returns a temporary download file. |
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