Python: Can't fetch data from API

Question

This is all my code. It's giving me a 403 forbidden error, even though if I type the same URL into google, I get the data.

import urllib.request, json

with urllib.request.urlopen('https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon/1') as url:
    data = json.loads(url.read().decode())
    print(data)

Just use beautifulsoup library to fetch the API data from the link. — Hassaan Ali
– Hassaan Ali, Commented May 20, 2020 at 16:48
I want to get the data from that url and print the object to the console. — ZeroSevenTen
– ZeroSevenTen, Commented May 20, 2020 at 16:49

jv95 · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-20 16:48:52Z

4

if I use the requests module, it works

import requests  
response = requests.get('https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon/')
for i in response: print(i)

answered May 20, 2020 at 16:48

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Eric Wilson Over a year ago

@ZeroSevenTen The requests module is a third party library, but it has become the standard (and best) way to make requests in Python. If you are able to install it in your environment, I would go with this answer.

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