An example python script for making an API call to the GRITS database

gritsExample.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import requests
import json

# main api url
url = 'https://grits.ecohealth.io/gritsdb/api/v1'

# put your username/password here
auth = ('myUsername', 'myPassword')

# request an authorization token from the server
response = requests.get(url + '/user/authentication',
                        auth=auth, verify=False).json()

# get the token from the response
token = response['authToken']['token']

# to make an api call using this token, 
# add a token parameter to the request
params = {
    'token': token,
    'start': '2014-01-15',
    'end': '2014-02-01',
    'geoJSON': 1,
    'limit': 10
}
response = requests.get(url + '/resource/grits',
                        params=params, verify=False).json()

# response contains the geoJSON object,
# pretty print it to the console
print json.dumps(response, indent=4)