Simple HTTP GET Request in Python using requests

[Eli]

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to share a quick snippet on how to fetch data using an HTTP GET request in Python. It's super straightforward with the requests library.

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1. import requests
2.  
3. #URL to read from
4. url = "YOUR_URL_HERE"  #Replace with your actual URL
5.  
6. #Send a GET request
7. response = requests.get(url)
8.  
9. #Check the response status
10. if response.status_code == 200:
11.     #Success! Print the content
12.     print(response.text)
13. else:
14.     #Something went wrong
15.     print(f"Failed to retrieve data: {response.status_code}")

Basically, you import requests, specify your URL, send the GET request, and then check the status_code. A 200 means success, and you can then access the response content (e.g., HTML, JSON) using response.text. Otherwise, the code prints an error message with the status code.

Remember to replace "YOUR_URL_HERE" with the actual URL you want to access! Hope this helps!