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Generate a Random Programming Quote using an API
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programming_quote.py
#!/usr/bin/python
import urllib
import urllib2
import random
import json
# get a random programming quote using an api
url="http://quotes.stormconsultancy.co.uk/random.json"
request = urllib2.urlopen(url)
data = request.read()
print data
json = json.loads(data)
print json
print repr(json)
quote = json["quote"]
author = json["author"]
print quote.encode("utf-8") + " - " + author.encode("utf-8")
print quote
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