How to Use

ChatGPT to Pull
Data from APIs
APIs are a great source
of data for projects.

But most beginners

don't know how to
(actually) use
them.
In this guide, I will show
you how to pull data
from an API using
Python.

With a little help

from our friend
ChatGPT.
Alpha Vantage API
I wonder how corn prices
are trending...

Let's pull that data

from the Alpha
Vantage API.
First, head over to the
documentation...
After a quick search, I
found the corn API...
The documentation gives
us some help.

Our Python should look

something like this...
Notice the structure
of this URL.

This will be important in the

coming steps...
Using ChatGPT
Let's ask ChatGPT to
code it for us...
Here is the response:
Looks pretty good...

But ChatGPT is using the

wrong url parameters.

vs.
Let's fix that...
Much better.

Let's copy/paste it into

a code editor.
Looks like we just need
to replace the API key.
Go to the home page to
get an API Key.
New code:

Here goes nothing...

What's this???
A CSV file has appeared.

Let's take a look...

Corn price data!
We did it!
Now use this guide to
go pull some data
for yourself!
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