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How to use The Guardian API
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get_guardian_content.py
import os
import requests
from functools import partial
API_KEY = os.getenv('API_KEY') # NOTE: can use the limited 'test' key for demo purposes
QUERY_TEMPLATE = 'https://content.guardianapis.com/{section}/{year}/{month}/{day}/{title}?api-key={API_KEY}&show-blocks=all' # NOTE: can try less info, e.g. &show-fields=BodyText
QUERY_FN = partial(QUERY_TEMPLATE.format,API_KEY=API_KEY)
web_url = 'https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/sep/10/thorntons-60-per-cent-profits-rise-despite-closures' # NOTE: put your desired url
section, year, month, day, title = web_url.split('/')[3:]
query = QUERY_FN(section=section,year=year,month=month,day=day,title=title)
results = requests.get(query).json() # content inside
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