Get city ids.

get_cityids.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import requests
import config

def run():
        city_id_mapping = {}

        for city in config.CITIES:
                parameters = {'q': city}
                header = {"user-key":config.APP_KEY}
                response = requests.get(
                                             config.CITY_ID_API,
                                             params=parameters,
                                             headers=header
                                           )
                city_id_mapping[city] = response.json().get('location_suggestions')[0]["id"]
        return city_id_mapping


if __name__ == '__main__':

        mappings = run()
        print mappings