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title: Making an HTTP Request to the Apple News API
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# Making an HTTP Request to the Apple News API

Create the URL, set the method, and send the request.

## Overview

Overview You make an HTTP request to send or receive data from a server. On this page, you’ll make the HTTP request to the Apple News API to get details about the channel, including the name, corresponding website, and default section. See Read Channel Information. On this page, you’ll learn how to: Create the URL https://news-api.apple.com/channels/{channel-id}. Set the method to GET. Send the request. Copy This Code Open any text editor to copy this code.  Save the file as make_an_http_request.py. import sys import requests

class PublisherAPI:     channel_id = ""     current_action = ""     url = ""

def send_request(self, method, url):         return requests.request(method, url)          def read_channel(self):         method = "GET"         url = self.url + "%s" % self.channel_id         return self.send_request(method, url)

def main(self):         if self.current_action == "readChannel":             response = self.read_channel()         else:             response = {                 "status_code": 400,                 "response": "{\"errors\":[{\"code\":\"UNKNOWN_COMMAND\"}]}"             }         return response

if __name__ == '__main__':     if not len(sys.argv) > 1:         print('no arguments')         exit()

publisherAPI = PublisherAPI()   publisherAPI.url = sys.argv[1] + "/channels/"   publisherAPI.channel_id = sys.argv[2]   publisherAPI.current_action = "readChannel"

response = publisherAPI.main()

print(response.status_code)   print(response.text) Run the Script Start the command prompt and change to the directory containing make_an_http_request.py file. Run this script to make an HTTP request to the Apple News API. This script takes Channel ID as an argument. $ python make_an_http_request.py channel_id Result The script returns this error: {"errors":[{"code":"UNAUTHORIZED"}]} The error indicates that the HTTP request didn’t include the authorization header.

## See Also

### Apple News API Python Tutorial

- [Signing the HTTP Request](applenews/signing-the-http-request.md)
- [Publishing an Article](applenews/publishing-an-article.md)