Adding an alternative method for gathering information that uses less API calls

jagestah/alternate/app.py

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+#! /bin/python
+import json
+import requests
+import pprint
+
+ship_url = 'https://swapi.co/api/starships/'
+people_url = 'https://swapi.co/api/people/'
+
+pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter()
+
+#API call for the ships, looping or pagination
+def get_ships(ship_url):
+    ships_results = requests.get(ship_url)
+    ship_data = ships_results.json()["results"]
+    while ships_results.json()["next"]:
+        ships_results = requests.get(ships_results.json()["next"])
+        ship_data = ship_data + ships_results.json()["results"]
+    print("Gathered ship data")
+#Sends the results of all the ships in a single list  and the people_url to get_people
+    get_people(people_url, ship_data)
+
+#API call for all the people, looping for pagination
+def get_people(people_url, ship_data):
+    people_results = requests.get(people_url)
+    people_data = people_results.json()["results"]
+    while people_results.json()["next"]:
+        people_results = requests.get(people_results.json()["next"])
+        people_data = people_data + people_results.json()["results"]
+    print("Gathered people data \n\r --------------------------------")
+#Passes the list of ships and the list of people to list_ships
+    list_ships(people_data, ship_data)
+
+#checks if the ships has pilots and prints the name of the ship if it does.
+def list_ships(people_data, ship_data):
+    for ship in ship_data:
+        if ship["pilots"]:
+            print(ship["name"])
+            #Passes the ship's info to list_pilots as well as the people_data from before
+            list_pilots(people_data, ship)
+
+#cross references the data from the ships that list the urls of pilots and prints the name for that entry
+def list_pilots(people_data, ship):
+    for pilot_url in ship["pilots"]:
+        for person in people_data:
+            if person["url"] == pilot_url:
+                print("  "+person["name"])
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    get_ships(ship_url)