from urllib.parse import urlencode from requests import get import json with open('cta_api_key') as file: api = file.read() def get_data(type,api_key = api,**args): base_url = "http://www.ctabustracker.com/bustime/api/v2/{type}?{query}" args['key'] = api_key args['format'] = 'json' url = base_url.format(type = type,query = urlencode(args)) print(url) input() response = get(url) data = json.loads(response.text) return data['bustime-response'] def get_times(stop_id,api_key = api): return get_data('getpredictions',api_key,stpid=stop_id) def get_routes(api_key = api): return get_data('getroutes',api_key) def get_directions(route,api_key = api): return get_data('getdirections',api_key,rt=route) def get_stops(route,direction,api_key = api): return get_data('getstops',api_key,rt = route,dir=direction)