Get useful Indiegogo backer data and save it as a json

get_place_in_line.py

import json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    name = input("Enter your Indiegogo Pledge display name: ")
    with open('backer_data.json') as infile:
        data = json.load(infile)
    backers = data['backers']
    for i in range(len(backers)):
        if backers[i]['pledger_display_name'] == name:
            print(len(backers) - i)
            

indiegogo_backer_dumper.py

import time
import json


import requests


campaign_id = 0 # integer
api_url = "https://www.indiegogo.com/private_api/campaigns/{campaign_id}/pledges?page={page_no}"


def get_backer_data(data: dict) -> list:
    """
    Get backer data
    """
    current_time = time.time()
    backers = []
    for item in data['response']:
        # backer = {
        #     'name': item['pledger_display_name'],
        #     'profile_url': item['pledger_profile_url'],
        #     'amount': item['display_amount'],
        #     'currency': item['display_amount_iso_code'],
        # }
        # backers.append(backer)
        item['request_time'] = current_time
        backers.append(item)
    
    return backers


if __name__ == "__main__":
    start_time = time.time()
    print("Reading indiegogo backer data...")
    r = requests.get(api_url.format(campaign_id=campaign_id, page_no=1))

    if(r.status_code != requests.codes.ok):
        print("Error reading from page (status code {})".format(r.status_code))

    data = r.json()

    num_pages = data['pagination']['pages']
    print("Preparing to read {} pages".format(num_pages))

    backers = []

    backers += get_backer_data(data)
    print("Finished reading page 1")

    for i in range(2, num_pages+1):
        r = requests.get(api_url.format(campaign_id=campaign_id, page_no=i))
        while r.status_code == 429:
            print("Rate limit exceeded... Waiting 10 seconds...")
            time.sleep(10)
            r = requests.get(api_url.format(campaign_id=campaign_id, page_no=i))
        if r.status_code != requests.codes.ok:
            print("Error reading from page (status code {})".format(r.status_code))
            input("Press enter to continue, Ctrl-C to quit")
        try:
            backers += get_backer_data(r.json())
        except json.JSONDecodeError:
            print(r.text)
        print("Finished reading page {}".format(i))

    # At this point, backer data is most likely in reverse order

    end_time = time.time()

    print("Seconds elapsed: {}".format(end_time - start_time))

    with open('backer_data.json', 'w') as out_json:
        json.dump({
            "campaign_id": campaign_id,
            "start_time": start_time,
            "end_time": end_time,
            "backers": backers,
        }, out_json, indent=4)

    print("Successfully read {} backers".format(len(backers)))

    print("Done!")

Note: Useful campaign IDs include the following:
GPD Win 2: 2313424
GPD Win Max: 2598099