Constructing requests with URL Query String in Python

I’m not really sure what I’m doing. Should I be using a library for this? Or do it manually? So I’m trying to do some work with the WiThings (http://www.withings.com/api) API in Python. In order to perform some of the requests, OAuth authentication is required. I have gone through using the requests library and obtained … Read more

What is a callback URL in relation to an API?

I’ve been scouring the net, and can’t seem to wrap my head around the idea of a callback URL. In my case I have a few callback URLs that I have to define myself. A popular one is a “default callback URL”. What is this exactly? Can you give an example in plain english?

Yahoo Finance All Currencies quote API Documentation

From the research that I’ve done, there doesn’t appear to be any documentation available for the API you’re using. Depending on the data you’re trying to get, I’d recommend using Yahoo’s YQL API for accessing Yahoo Finance (An example can be found here). Alternatively, you could try using this well documented way to get CSV data from … Read more

What is an Endpoint?

All of the answers posted so far are correct, an endpoint is simply one end of a communication channel. In the case of OAuth, there are three endpoints you need to be concerned with: Temporary Credential Request URI (called the Request Token URL in the OAuth 1.0a community spec). This is a URI that you … Read more

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