webz.io client for Python

A simple way to access the Webz.io API from your Python code

    import webzio

    webzio.config(token=YOUR_API_KEY)
    output = webzio.query("filterWebContent", {"q":"github"})
    print output['posts'][0]['text'] # Print the text of the first post
    print output['posts'][0]['published'] # Print the text of the first post publication date
    
    # Get the next batch of posts
    output = webzio.get_next()
    print output['posts'][0]['thread']['site'] # Print the site of the first post
    

API Key

To make use of the webz.io API, you need to obtain a token that would be used on every request. To obtain an API key, create an account at https://webz.io/auth/signup, and then go into https://webz.io/dashboard to see your token.

Installing

You can install from source:

    $ git clone https://github.com/webz.io/webzio-python
    $ cd webzio-python
    $ python setup.py install
    

Or use pip install:

   $ sudo pip install webzio

Use the API

To get started, you need to import the library, and set your access token. (Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual API key).

    >>> import webzio
    >>> webzio.config(token=YOUR_API_KEY)      

API Endpoints

The first parameter the query() function accepts is the API endpoint string. Available endpoints:

• filterWebContent - access to the news/blogs/forums/reviews API

Now you can make a request and inspect the results:

    >>> output = webzio.query("filterWebContent", {"q":"github"})
    >>> output['totalResults']
    15565094
    len(output['posts'])
    100
    >>> output['posts'][0]['language']
    u'english'
    >>> output['posts'][0]['title']
    u'Putting quotes around dictionary keys in JS'

For your convenience, the ouput object is iterable, so you can loop over it and get all the results of this batch (up to 100).

    >>> total_words = 0
    >>> for post in output['posts']:
    ...     total_words += len(post['text'].split(" "))
    ...
    >>> print(total_words)
    8822

Full documentation

• config(token)

  • token - your API key

• query(end_point_str, params)

  • end_point_str:

    • filterWebContent - access to the news/blogs/forums/reviews API

  • params: A key value dictionary. The most common key is the "q" parameter that hold the filters Boolean query. Read about the available filters.

• get_next() - a method to fetch the next page of results.

Polling

If you want to make repeated searches, performing an action whenever there are new results, use code like this:

    r = webzio.query("filterWebContent", {"q":"skyrim"})
    while True:
        for post in r['posts']:
            perform_action(post)
        time.sleep(300)
        r = webzio.get_next()