api.py

import json, base64, pprint
import requests as r

requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()

def make_request(username, password):
    
    RI_API_USER = username
    RI_API_PASSWORD = password
    
    # Prep the authorization header
    RI_ENCODED_AUTH = base64.b64encode(RI_API_USER + ":" + RI_API_PASSWORD)
    RI_AUTH_HEADER = "Basic " + RI_ENCODED_AUTH

    api_endpoint = "https://rightintel.com/api/v2/posts/search"

    # Make the request
    posts_resp = r.get(
        "https://rightintel.com/api/v2/posts/search?limit=5",
        headers={"Authorization": RI_AUTH_HEADER}
    )

    print "Connecting to the Right Intel API..."

    if posts_resp.status_code == 403:
        print "Access to the RI API was denied. Your API key and password may be incorrect."

    elif posts_resp.status_code == 200:
        print "API Call was successful"
        print "Processing posts..."
        print "Here are the posts:"
        posts = json.loads(posts_resp.text)

        pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)
        pp.pprint(posts)

    else:
        print "Error. This is the API call status code: ", posts_resp.status_code

    exit()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    usernameInput = ""
    passwordInput = ""
    while usernameInput != "exit":
        usernameInput = input ("Enter your API username: ")
        while passwordInput != "exit":
            passwordInput = input ("Enter your API password: ")

            make_request(usernameInput, passwordInput)