how to use the MTA api key in python?

[Xue lida]

hello guys,

 i am a uk student working on my final year program. Now i got the api key but i didnot find a way to use them in python. i use urllib.request.urlopen to connect the server, but it shows the error message HTTPError: Forbidden.

can everyone help me?

Thanks 

[Kevin]

class TokenAuth(AuthBase):

    def __init__(self, token):

        self.token = token

    def __call__(self, r):

        """Attach an API token to a custom auth header."""

        r.headers['x-api-key'] = f'{self.token}'  # Python 3.6+

        return r

url = [url_of_endpoint]

API_KEY = [your_api_key]

response = requests.get(url, auth=TokenAuth(API_KEY))

For authentication info: https://realpython.com/python-requests/#authentication

Related thread: https://groups.google.com/g/mtadeveloperresources/c/t8anoGP5S8U/m/9AbmA91AAwAJ

[James Fennell]

The auth boilerplate is not needed strictly speaking. You can just pass in the API key as a regular HTTP header, if that's easier:

response = requests.get(url, headers={"X-API-KEY": API_KEY})

James

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[Anthony Townsend]

you can also pass it as an argument 

?key=