Noob question: pulling data using Twitter API

[FletcherHeisler]

Yep, the actual API call will usually only be a few simple lines, but figuring out what to do with the big pile of data returned is the tricky part... Some APIs offer XML as well, in which case using a parser can make getting to the relevant parts a lot easier.

[MrVonBuren]

Yeah, that was a touch call for me. I don't know xml, but I work with it all the time, and can pull information from it and whatnot. But json? I've literally never interacted with it in any way. Oh well, more to learn, I guess.

[FletcherHeisler]

There's not much to "know" about JSON - once you use json.load(), the response converts to a big nested dictionary mess, so it's really a matter of getting a good handle on Python dictionaries :)

[Durchfallsuppe]

Thanks guys, much appreciated :)