Watch me INSTANTLY Get Live Football Data in Python ⚽ API Magic!
CONNECT INSTANTLY to Football Data API with Python - LIVE Tutorial!
⚡ Get real-time match data in your app:
Free vs paid API tiers explained
Handling authentication (X-Auth-Token)
Parsing JSON responses
Error handling (rate limits, timeouts)
Never manually check scores again - automate it with Python!
We’ll connect to the Football Data API, fetch live matches, and display them in our app. Get your free API key ready!
🔑 API Key Tips:
1. Register at [football-data.org](https://www.football-data.org/)
2. Never expose keys in code (use environment variables)
📌 Topics Covered:
How APIs work (explained with analogies).
Using requests to fetch match data.
Handling API keys securely.
📌 Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:15 - API Analogy
What is an API? Explained!
0:50 - What is an API Key?
API Key Analogy
1:04 - How to get Football API key
Free Soccer Football API
01:25 – API documentation walkthrough
01:40 – Python `requests` library
Set up header, url, response.
How the web works: Request-Response cycle
02:30 - JSON response explained
JSON analogy
Using pprint for JSON
03:14 – Error handling best practices
try-except block
html response status codes, log errors
04:26 Update the route
Get JSON response into route
04:55 Securing API Key
Use config.py, then import it into app.py
05:55 Update the template: index.html
06:15 Important Reminders!
06:55 Run and debug
07:15 Final outcome!
08:00 Next video tease!
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API Key Setup, Making API Calls, Handling JSON. Error Handling and Pro Tips.
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