add get_game_of_thrones_character_data.py

get_game_of_thrones_character_data.py

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+"""
+Accepts the name of a character
+belonging in the A Song of Ice And Fire/Game of Thrones universe
+as input then fetches and prints out data about that character
+using the public api: 'An API of Ice And Fire'
+Link: 'https://anapioficeandfire.com/'
+"""
+
+import requests
+
+
+def get_character_data() -> dict:
+    """
+    Returns a dictionary containing the data about
+    a A Song of Ice And Fire/Game of Thrones character
+    """
+    while True:
+        try:
+            character_name = input("Enter a Game of Thrones character's name: ").strip()
+            uppercase_first_letters = character_name.title()
+            replace_blank = uppercase_first_letters.replace(" ", "%20")
+            url = "https://www.anapioficeandfire.com/api/characters?name="
+            entire_character_data = requests.get(f"{url}{replace_blank}").json()[0]
+
+            if entire_character_data["name"] == uppercase_first_letters:
+                print(f"\nThe data on {uppercase_first_letters} is being fetched")
+
+                """
+                Each of the 'allegiances', 'books', and 'povBooks' keys in the
+                dictionary contains an array of resource URLs that leads to more data.
+                In order to only get the names of the character's allegiances, books,
+                and povBooks, we need to loop through the array while
+                using requests.get(). We then replace the URLs in the array with the
+                names we just fetch
+                """
+                for i in range(len(entire_character_data["allegiances"])):
+                    allegiances_url = entire_character_data["allegiances"][i]
+                    allegiances_name = requests.get(allegiances_url).json()["name"]
+                    entire_character_data["allegiances"][i] = allegiances_name
+
+                for i in range(len(entire_character_data["books"])):
+                    books_url = entire_character_data["books"][i]
+                    books_name = requests.get(books_url).json()["name"]
+                    entire_character_data["books"][i] = books_name
+
+                for i in range(len(entire_character_data["povBooks"])):
+                    povBooks_url = entire_character_data["povBooks"][i]
+                    povBooks_name = requests.get(povBooks_url).json()["name"]
+                    entire_character_data["povBooks"][i] = povBooks_name
+
+                return entire_character_data
+
+            else:
+                raise Exception
+
+        except Exception:
+            print("Sorry, there's no data on this character.Please check your spelling")
+            continue
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    data = get_character_data()
+    print(" ")
+    for x, y in data.items():
+        print(f"{x}: {y}")