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import requests | |
# replace 'YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME' with your GitHub username | |
github_username = 'YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME' | |
# github API endpoint to retrieve user information | |
api_url = f'https://api.github.com/users/{github_username}' | |
try: | |
# send a GET request to the GitHub API | |
response = requests.get(api_url) | |
# check if the request was successful (status code 200) | |
if response.status_code == 200: | |
# parse the JSON response | |
user_data = response.json() | |
# print some user information | |
print(f"github username: {user_data['login']}") | |
print(f"name: {user_data['name']}") | |
print(f"bio: {user_data['bio']}") | |
print(f"followers: {user_data['followers']}") | |
print(f"following: {user_data['following']}") | |
print(f"public repositories: {user_data['public_repos']}") | |
else: | |
# print an error message if the request was not successful | |
print(f"request failed with status code {response.status_code}") | |
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: | |
# handle any exceptions that may occur during the request | |
print(f"an error occurred: {e}") |
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