Simple ESPN Headlines API call - New York Mets

gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import httplib
import json
# import socket
import pprint
import sys

apikey = 'XXX'
apiurl = 'api.espn.com'
headers = {"Accept": "application/json"}

#call = "/v1/sports/baseball/mlb/news/"
call = "/v1/sports/baseball/mlb/teams/21/news/"
#call  = "/v1/sports/baseball/mlb/leagues/groups"

conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(apiurl)

try:
    conn.request('GET', call + '?apikey=' + apikey, '', headers)
# except socket.gaierror:
except:
    print "Couldn't query ESPN! Sorry!\n"
    sys.exit()

try:
    response = conn.getresponse()
except:
    print "Couldn't get a response from ESPN! Sorry!\n"
    sys.exit()

result = response.read()

try:
    jresult  = json.loads(result)
except:
    print "Couldn't parse JSON from ESPN! Sorry!\n"
    sys.exit()

#print json.dumps(jresult, indent=4)
#pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=2)
#pp.pprint(jresult)

headlines = jresult['headlines']

for headline in headlines:
    print headline['headline'] + " (" + headline['source'] + ")\n"
    print "\t -" + headline['description'] + "\n"