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njsg
Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Sun, 06/20/2021 - 19:49

I'm trying to use the target tool API but not having much luck formatting then HTTPS get string. The example is for python. I don't know python and am using vb.net.

Could someone give me a browser request string for targets that  would? I can use that in my program.  I have a key.


The example is as follows:

entry = requests.get("https://filtergraph.com/aavso/api/v1/targets",auth=(API_KEY,"api_token"),params={'obs_section':['all']}) 

I've tried all the variations  I could think of.

Thanks

 Nor

mphillips
Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Fri, 01/21/2022 - 22:00
I know this is old, but just…

I know this is old, but just in case anybody comes across this. The documentation for python's requests package get method states that "params" values are a dictionary that is added as a querystring to the url. So in your example it would be https://filtergraph.com/aavso/api/v1/targets?obs_section=all. Furthermore the documentation for the api states the basic authentication should be set. So something like 

Dim getReq As HttpWebRequest = DirectCast(WebRequest.Create("https://filtergraph.com/aavso/api/v1/targets?obs_section=all"), HttpWebRequest)

getReq.Method = "GET" 

getReq.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic <api_key  + ':api_token' base64 encoded>")