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Making API Calls with Lists in Python Requests

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 3, 2024

The Python Requests library provides an easy way to call APIs. You can pass lists of data, like IDs, to be handled by the API. For large lists, join items into a comma separated string to avoid errors.

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