testing out python alternative

main.py

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+import requests
+from redis import Redis
+
+import pickle
+from urllib.parse import urljoin, quote 
+import os
+from pprint import pprint
+
+BASE_URL = 'https://api.kevinmidboe.com/'
+AUTHORIZATION_TOKEN = None 
+CACHE_FILE = './cache.pickle'
+CACHE = Redis(host='localhost', port=6379, db=0)
+
+def writeObjectToCache(key, obj):
+    print('object to cache', obj)
+    pickledObj = pickle.dumps(obj)
+    CACHE.set(key, pickledObj)
+
+def readCache(key):
+    value = CACHE.get(key)
+    return pickle.loads(value)
+
+def flushCache():
+    CACHE.flushdb(0)
+
+def releaseFromCache(request):
+    return False
+
+def authenticateSeasoned(username, password):
+    global AUTHORIZATION_TOKEN
+    uri = urljoin(BASE_URL, '/api/v1/user/login')
+    payload = { 'username': username, 'password': password }
+    r = requests.post(uri, data=payload)
+    data = r.json()
+    AUTHORIZATION_TOKEN = data['token']
+
+def fetchRequests(pages=1):
+    uri = urljoin(BASE_URL, '/api/v2/request')
+    r = requests.get(uri)
+    return r.json()
+
+def releasesFromRequest(request):
+    uri = urljoin(BASE_URL, '/api/v1/pirate/search?query=' + quote(request['title']))
+    cacheHit = readCache(uri)
+    if cacheHit:
+        return cacheHit
+    headers = { 'authorization': AUTHORIZATION_TOKEN }
+
+    r = requests.get(uri, headers=headers)
+    
+    if r.status_code == requests.codes.unauthorized:
+        print('uath')
+        authenticateSeasoned('kevin', 'test123')
+        releasesFromRequest(request)
+        return
+    
+    elif r.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
+        response = r.json()
+        writeObjectToCache(uri, response)
+        return response
+
+    else:
+        return None
+        
+
+def main():
+    requests = fetchRequests() 
+    results = requests['results']
+    totalPages = requests['total_pages']
+
+    mediaWithReleases = []
+
+    for result in results:
+        releases = releasesFromRequest(result)
+        mediaWithReleases.append({'rel': releases, 'media': result})
+    pprint(mediaWithReleases[:3])
+
+    for l in mediaWithReleases[:3]:
+        if len(l['rel']['results']) > 0:
+            print(l['rel']['results'][0]['release_type'])
+        
+    print(totalPages)
+
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()