[Chicago] REST API to Python Class?

[Aaron Elmquist]

actually you probably need to specify all the keyword arg in the __init__ .

On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 9:22 AM, Aaron Elmquist <elmq0022 at umn.edu> wrote:

> I think it would be easy to load what I'm assuming is JSON into a python
> dictionary and use it from there.
>
> If you need an object with additional methods you could instantiate it
> from the dictionary.  Something like:
>
> class MyClass(object):
>     def __init__(self, parameters):
>         self.a = a
>         ....
>
> or you could get real fancy with setattr ... (maybe not a good idea though)
>
> then you could load it with:
>
> my_obj = MyClass(**dict_from_json_data)
>
>
> Honestly, I think I would just work with the dictionary directly if I
> could.
>
>
> On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 9:01 AM, Lukasz Szybalski <szybalski at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> Does anybody know if there is a tool that would auto-read rest API and
>> create a python like object that you can interact in python? (like:
>> pysimplesoap and its WSDL() but for REST)
>>
>> *myobject = Rest*(https://dev.twitter.com/rest/public)
>>
>> or
>> http://developer.edmunds.com/api-documentation/vehicle/
>> or
>> ....
>>
>>
>> then myobject.get.searchTweet('chicago python')..?
>> or what ever the syntax is.
>> This would issue a rest api call and return object back.
>>
>> I think a lot of projects are building python api that are more and more
>> json exposed. I'm looking for a tool that would allow me to access these
>> using python, instead of rest:
>>
>> "GET /1.1/search/tweets.json?q=chicago%20python":
>>
>> +Access anything that was build with:
>> http://swagger.io/
>> openapi
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Lucas
>>
>>
>> --
>> LucasManual.com
>>
>>
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