def query_books_api()

in optional-kubernetes-engine/bookshelf/tasks.py [0:0]

• 13 lines of code
• 3 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def query_books_api(title):
    """
    Queries the Google Books API to find detailed information about the book
    with the given title.
    """
    r = requests.get('https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes', params={
        'q': title
    })

    try:
        data = r.json()['items'][0]['volumeInfo']
        return data

    except KeyError:
        logging.info("No book found for title {}".format(title))
        return None

    except ValueError:
        logging.info("Unexpected response from books API: {}".format(r))
        return None