I am using the following code to get BTC data from coinbase. I just copied this from a tutorial but I want to know how it actually works. Can someone explain step by step? Thank you
import requests # imports the request library
url = "https://api.exchange.coinbase.com/products/BTC-USD/book?level=1" # provides the url from which data will be pulled
headers = {"Accept": "application/json"} # I don't understand the point of this line
response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers) # I just don't understand the point of the 'header' part
print(response.text) # This just prints the result
This is the result of the above code:
{"bids":[["45890.49","0.02316146",1]],
"asks":[["45896.07","0.03631374",1]],
"sequence":35929645093,
"auction_mode":false,
"auction":null}
I understand all this data, just not how the code gets it
>Solution :
Your code sends a GET request to https://api.exchange.coinbase.com/products/BTC-USD/book?level=1 with additional HTTP Headers:
Accept: application/json
This results in the webserver to send the result of your query in a JSON-Format, which you can access using response.text