lesson 12: using an api

python/12-using-an-api.py

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+# we're going to use a module called requests to handle our API
+import requests
+
+# we're going to use the API from randomfox.ca which gives us an image
+dictionary = requests.get("https://randomfox.ca/floof/").json()  # gives us a dictionary with two parts, the one we want is called: image, and is the url to the fox's image (example - ./image.png)
+imageurl = dictionary["image"]
+
+# now we can use Tkinter to display this image
+import tkinter
+myWindow = tkinter.Tk()
+
+# we want to get the data from our imageurl
+alldata = requests.get(imageurl)
+
+# .content gives our data in a byte array
+bytearray = alldata.content
+
+# we're going to use BytesIO to convert our array into a photo
+from io import BytesIO
+from PIL import Image
+photo = Image.open(BytesIO(bytearray))
+
+# we're going to use ImageTK to add an image to a Tkinter label
+from PIL import ImageTk
+TkinterImage = ImageTk.PhotoImage(photo)
+
+myLabel = tkinter.Label(image=TkinterImage)
+myLabel.pack()  # "pack" (add) the label to the window
+
+# we now just add a mainloop() to open the window
+myWindow.mainloop()