How to request data from an open source website such as Reddit or Github and display on the Local Django Website ?

[Shaurya Sharma]

Hey there ,  I am quite a newbie to Django and I am trying to understand how API calls and requests work in Django. I have a simple Django website that has User login and authentication system. I want a user to save the top ten reddit posts and display them on their respective login system. I have seen the request method in Python and some web-crawling methods. I am unable to figure out a way to request data from Reddit . 

Here is the code I have written so far : 

https://github.com/darthvedder17/Django-Website-Reddit

[lemme smash]

you've really did the great, but in order to receive data from reddit you'll need to research on their api and it's not very related to django.

[Karan Mittal]

hey Shaurya, 

if you haven't worked with DRF  then check it out. It will give you a much better idea of API calls.

Other than that, Reddit have its own API for you want to achieve. 

check out its documentation here: https://www.reddit.com/dev/api/

there is a difference between web crawling and requesting data from API. change your approach for making your project.

also, your project is very interesting . All the best for the same.

regards,

Karan Mittal

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