Google Code-in

Prerequisites:

1. Install Python 3.x - (How to)
2. Use PIP to install requests module - (How to)

Steps:

1. Create a new Python script file
2. Learn how to call a Wikipedia API by following this tutorial
3. Make a call to the Wikipedia Search API ((example)[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=search&srsearch=Craig%20Noone&format=json]) using Python's 'requests' module in your script
4. Convert the response of the API from JSON to Python Dictionary variable and print response
5. Create a new public Gist on Github
6. Paste your Python script file code in the new Gist
7. Share URL of Gist

Resources:

• If you need help or get lost, post a "New topic" in the coding-backend-tasks stream.
• A Beginner’s Tutorial for Understanding RESTful API
• Create a new Github Gist
• GET and POST requests using Python

Work Submission:

Share the link of the Publicly accessible Gist that you have created. To check if it is publicly accessible, try opening the link in an Incognito Window or in a browser without your GitHub account logged in.

The shared links to screenshots should remain public till end of GCI 2019.