[VA Facilities API Intro] Some examples for US VA Dept Facilities API #Python #API

va_dept_api_intro.py

# Import requests package
import requests

# API Key (request one at https://developer.va.gov/apply)
apikey = 'your-api-key-here'

# Typical request
url = 'https://dev-api.va.gov/services/va_facilities/v0/facilities/'

response = requests.get(
    url,
    params={'ids':['vha_688','nvc_100']}, # example IDs, see schema
    headers={"apiKey": apikey}
)

response.json()

# Bulk request - json
bulkurl = 'https://dev-api.va.gov/services/va_facilities/v0/facilities/all'

response = requests.get(
    bulkurl,
    params ={},
    headers={"apiKey": apikey, 'Accept':'application/vnd.geo+json'}
)

va_bulk_json = response.json()

va_bulk_info = []
for i in range(len(va_bulk_json['features'])):
    va_bulk_info.append(va_bulk_json['features'][i]['properties'])
    
va_bulk_info