how2 query ingenia/nowa in python

query_nowa.py

import requests
import pymongo
import json

# Requires crunchbase data loaded by this gist: https://gist.github.com/4202360

NOWA_API_KEY = 'NOWA_KEY'
NOWA_URL = 'http://ingeniapi.com/train'

db_connection = pymongo.Connection('localhost', 27017)
db = db_connection['tc']


def main():
    load_companies()


def load_companies():
    tagged_companies = db.tagged_companies.find()

    for company in tagged_companies:
        if company['tag_list']:
            query_nowa(company)


def query_nowa(company):
    print 'analyzing ' + company['name']

    tags = [t.strip() for t in company['tag_list'].split(",")]

    payload = {
        'auth_token': NOWA_API_KEY,
        'text': company['overview'],
        'tag_sets': json.dumps({'tc_category_code': [company['category_code']], 'tc_tags': tags})
        #'tags': json.dumps(tags),
    }
    #print payload
    r = requests.post(NOWA_URL, data=payload)

    print r.text
    if "status" in r.json and not r.json["status"] == 'okay':
        print "******** FAIL ********"


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()