Explore the API based integration points for autotrader.com by leveraging Python Programming Language.
No account is required for interacting with autotrader.com's APIs Operations that were explored in this project
- Make sure that Python3 is installed in your environment
- If using vscode, it would be suggested to install the recommended plugins
From the workspace's root folder, please type the following commands:
python3 -m venv .venv
. ./.venv/bin/activatepython3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
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Successfully installed pip-23.1.2We need all the libraries required for REST API Calls as well as a MVC Web Framework.
pip install requests
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Successfully installed Jinja2-3.1.2 MarkupSafe-2.1.2 Werkzeug-2.3.4 blinker-1.6.2 click-8.1.3 flask-2.3.2 itsdangerous-2.1.2In the ImportCarRequests.py script, you can change the request parameters as suited
params = dict(
zip=90210,
makeCodeList='ROV',
modelCodeList='DEFEND',
marketExtension='true',
maxMileage=150000,
startYear=1980,
endYear=2013,
searchRadius=500,
maxPrice=100000,
sortBy='mileageASC',
numRecords=100,
firstRecord=0,
style='Truck'
)python3 ./ImportCarRequests.py
684092397 --- 27958 mi 42500$ 2024-05-27 42500$ SALDH1285PA537706
684092411 --- 36000 mi 22000$ 2024-05-27 22000$ SALDV324XVA934925
663965783 --- 59349 mi 94999$ 2023-11-13 94999$ SALDV3243VA130787
672325558 --- 71772 mi 69880$ 2024-02-08 69880$ SALLDVAF7TA970849
684092332 --- 86991 mi 35000$ 2024-05-27 35000$ SALDV3247VA264587