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4 days ago I decided to increase my Python knowledge by exploring JSON files. I found out that NASA give free access to data it collects (massive thank you to NASA!). I quickly signed up for an API key and decided that my first attempt at using the NASA data…

Version 2 of my NEO Python program. Turned out that getting data out of a JSON with nested listed/dictionaries was not so easy but I’m getting there! ——— #!/bin/python3 #geektechstuff #NASA NEO #Big thanks to NASA API (https://api.nasa.gov/api.html), get your API key from this site. import json, requests #variables api=””…

My last few Python projects have been utilising Python reading JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) files and accessing online resources. Looking for a new challenge I did a quick Google search for publicly available JSON files and (in my opinion) found the ultimate files to play with – files from NASA.…

Now that I know how to use images in Python I’ve tackled the “Where is the space station?” lesson of Code Club projects as a) I will be teaching the lesson at some point and its always good to practise the lesson before teaching it and b) I want to…

I’ve been puzzling how to use images in a Python script since yesterdays “Scissor, Paper, Stone” game. I don’t like “Googling” for an answer straight away when I’m working on personal projects and instead bounced through a few ideas before I clicked that turtle could be used to display an…

This week at Code Club I taught Python Lesson 2 (Scissors, Paper, Stone) . When I got home I showed my son (who is a massive Pokemon fan) how the lesson can be expanded to make a slightly more complicated version that included names and the option to keep playing with…

I’m having a play in Python today and looking at the Caesar Cipher. The Caesar Cipher (Caesar Shift, Caesar’s Code) is a simple, easy to implement substitution cipher. The cipher is named after Julius Caesar. The cipher works by taking the letters of the message and then shifts the letter…

Version 3 of my Amazon.co.uk price checker utilises the JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) module so that JSON files can be used by Python. I’ve stored the ASIN (Amazon IDs) of the Amazon products that I want to check the price of in a JSON file (called amazlist.json) and Python now…