Use Python to Fetch Followers and Monitor Post Status on DEV.to

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Interested in using Python to track your followers and post stats on DEV? This guide shows you how to use Python with the DEV API for effortless tracking.

Introduction to the DEV API

The DEV API gives developers access to DEV.to’s data and functions. Whether you’re integrating, automating, or exploring insights, it’s your key to programmatically interact with DEV. Visit the DEV API documentation to learn more and get your API key from your DEV account settings.

Get your personal API key

Obtaining your personal API key is quick and easy. Simply navigate to your account settings on DEV.to and visit the ‘Extensions’ section or use this direct link: DEV Settings – Extensions. From there, you can generate your API key, enabling seamless interaction with the DEV API for all your development needs.

Fetching Followers with Python

One common scenario is to retrieve the list of followers associated with your DEV account. With Python and the requests library, accomplishing this task is straightforward. Let’s examine the simplified function to fetch followers: 

<span>import</span> <span>requests</span>  
<span>def</span> <span>get_dev_followers</span><span>(</span><span>api_key</span><span>):</span>  
    <span># Headers for the request </span>    <span>headers</span> <span>=</span> <span>{</span>  
        <span>"</span><span>Content-Type</span><span>"</span><span>:</span> <span>"</span><span>application/json</span><span>"</span><span>,</span>  
        <span>"</span><span>api-key</span><span>"</span><span>:</span> <span>api_key</span><span>,</span>  
    <span>}</span>  
    <span>followers</span> <span>=</span> <span>0</span>  
    <span>page_number</span> <span>=</span> <span>1</span>  
    <span># Loop until we reach the last page of followers </span>    <span>while</span> <span>True</span><span>:</span>  
        <span>params</span> <span>=</span> <span>{</span>  
            <span>"</span><span>per_page</span><span>"</span><span>:</span> <span>1000</span><span>,</span>  <span># Number of followers per page (default is 80) </span>            <span>"</span><span>page</span><span>"</span><span>:</span> <span>page_number</span>  
        <span>}</span>  
        <span>res</span> <span>=</span> <span>requests</span><span>.</span><span>get</span><span>(</span><span>url</span><span>=</span><span>'</span><span>https://dev.to/api/followers/users</span><span>'</span><span>,</span> <span>headers</span><span>=</span><span>headers</span><span>,</span> <span>params</span><span>=</span><span>params</span><span>)</span>  
        <span>response_data</span> <span>=</span> <span>res</span><span>.</span><span>json</span><span>()</span>  
        <span>current_page_followers</span> <span>=</span> <span>len</span><span>(</span><span>response_data</span><span>)</span>  
        <span>followers</span> <span>+=</span> <span>current_page_followers</span>  
        <span># Check if the current page has no followers, indicating it's the last page </span>        <span>if</span> <span>current_page_followers</span> <span>==</span> <span>0</span><span>:</span>  
            <span>break</span>  
        <span># Move to the next page </span>        <span>page_number</span> <span>+=</span> <span>1</span>  
    <span>return</span> <span>followers</span>  
<span># Example usage # Replace 'YOUR_API_KEY' with your actual API key </span><span>total_followers</span> <span>=</span> <span>get_dev_followers</span><span>(</span><span>api_key</span><span>=</span><span>'</span><span>YOUR_API_KEY</span><span>'</span><span>)</span>  
<span>print</span><span>(</span><span>'</span><span>Total followers:</span><span>'</span><span>,</span> <span>total_followers</span><span>)</span>
<span>import</span> <span>requests</span>  


<span>def</span> <span>get_dev_followers</span><span>(</span><span>api_key</span><span>):</span>  
    <span># Headers for the request </span>    <span>headers</span> <span>=</span> <span>{</span>  
        <span>"</span><span>Content-Type</span><span>"</span><span>:</span> <span>"</span><span>application/json</span><span>"</span><span>,</span>  
        <span>"</span><span>api-key</span><span>"</span><span>:</span> <span>api_key</span><span>,</span>  
    <span>}</span>  
    <span>followers</span> <span>=</span> <span>0</span>  
    <span>page_number</span> <span>=</span> <span>1</span>  

    <span># Loop until we reach the last page of followers </span>    <span>while</span> <span>True</span><span>:</span>  
        <span>params</span> <span>=</span> <span>{</span>  
            <span>"</span><span>per_page</span><span>"</span><span>:</span> <span>1000</span><span>,</span>  <span># Number of followers per page (default is 80) </span>            <span>"</span><span>page</span><span>"</span><span>:</span> <span>page_number</span>  
        <span>}</span>  
        <span>res</span> <span>=</span> <span>requests</span><span>.</span><span>get</span><span>(</span><span>url</span><span>=</span><span>'</span><span>https://dev.to/api/followers/users</span><span>'</span><span>,</span> <span>headers</span><span>=</span><span>headers</span><span>,</span> <span>params</span><span>=</span><span>params</span><span>)</span>  
        <span>response_data</span> <span>=</span> <span>res</span><span>.</span><span>json</span><span>()</span>  
        <span>current_page_followers</span> <span>=</span> <span>len</span><span>(</span><span>response_data</span><span>)</span>  
        <span>followers</span> <span>+=</span> <span>current_page_followers</span>  

        <span># Check if the current page has no followers, indicating it's the last page </span>        <span>if</span> <span>current_page_followers</span> <span>==</span> <span>0</span><span>:</span>  
            <span>break</span>  

        <span># Move to the next page </span>        <span>page_number</span> <span>+=</span> <span>1</span>  

    <span>return</span> <span>followers</span>  


<span># Example usage # Replace 'YOUR_API_KEY' with your actual API key </span><span>total_followers</span> <span>=</span> <span>get_dev_followers</span><span>(</span><span>api_key</span><span>=</span><span>'</span><span>YOUR_API_KEY</span><span>'</span><span>)</span>  
<span>print</span><span>(</span><span>'</span><span>Total followers:</span><span>'</span><span>,</span> <span>total_followers</span><span>)</span>
import requests  


def get_dev_followers(api_key):  
    # Headers for the request     headers = {  
        "Content-Type": "application/json",  
        "api-key": api_key,  
    }  
    followers = 0  
    page_number = 1  

    # Loop until we reach the last page of followers     while True:  
        params = {  
            "per_page": 1000,  # Number of followers per page (default is 80)             "page": page_number  
        }  
        res = requests.get(url='https://dev.to/api/followers/users', headers=headers, params=params)  
        response_data = res.json()  
        current_page_followers = len(response_data)  
        followers += current_page_followers  

        # Check if the current page has no followers, indicating it's the last page         if current_page_followers == 0:  
            break  

        # Move to the next page         page_number += 1  

    return followers  


# Example usage # Replace 'YOUR_API_KEY' with your actual API key total_followers = get_dev_followers(api_key='YOUR_API_KEY')  
print('Total followers:', total_followers)

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Replace 'YOUR_API_KEY' with your actual DEV API key, and you’re ready to utilize this function to effortlessly retrieve your followers.

Monitoring Post Status

Another valuable capability is to monitor various metrics associated with your published articles, such as comments, reactions, and page views. Let’s see how Python can simplify this process: 

<span>import</span> <span>requests</span>  
<span>def</span> <span>get_published_article_number</span><span>(</span><span>api_key</span><span>):</span>  
    <span># URL of the API endpoint </span>    <span>url</span> <span>=</span> <span>"</span><span>https://dev.to/api/articles/me/published</span><span>"</span>  
    <span># Headers for the request </span>    <span>headers</span> <span>=</span> <span>{</span>  
        <span>"</span><span>Content-Type</span><span>"</span><span>:</span> <span>"</span><span>application/json</span><span>"</span><span>,</span>  
        <span>"</span><span>api-key</span><span>"</span><span>:</span> <span>api_key</span>  
    <span>}</span>  
    <span># Send GET request </span>    <span>response</span> <span>=</span> <span>requests</span><span>.</span><span>get</span><span>(</span><span>url</span><span>,</span> <span>headers</span><span>=</span><span>headers</span><span>)</span>  
    <span># Check if request was successful </span>    <span>if</span> <span>response</span><span>.</span><span>status_code</span> <span>==</span> <span>200</span><span>:</span>  
        <span># Parse JSON response </span>        <span>articles</span> <span>=</span> <span>response</span><span>.</span><span>json</span><span>()</span>  
        <span># Calculate total counts </span>        <span>total_articles</span> <span>=</span> <span>len</span><span>(</span><span>articles</span><span>)</span>  
        <span>total_comments</span> <span>=</span> <span>sum</span><span>(</span><span>article</span><span>[</span><span>"</span><span>comments_count</span><span>"</span><span>]</span> <span>for</span> <span>article</span> <span>in</span> <span>articles</span><span>)</span>  
        <span>total_public_reactions</span> <span>=</span> <span>sum</span><span>(</span><span>article</span><span>[</span><span>"</span><span>public_reactions_count</span><span>"</span><span>]</span> <span>for</span> <span>article</span> <span>in</span> <span>articles</span><span>)</span>  
        <span>total_page_views</span> <span>=</span> <span>sum</span><span>(</span><span>article</span><span>[</span><span>"</span><span>page_views_count</span><span>"</span><span>]</span> <span>for</span> <span>article</span> <span>in</span> <span>articles</span><span>)</span>  
        <span>return</span> <span>total_articles</span><span>,</span> <span>total_comments</span><span>,</span> <span>total_public_reactions</span><span>,</span> <span>total_page_views</span>  
    <span>else</span><span>:</span>  
        <span># If request was unsuccessful, print error message </span>        <span>print</span><span>(</span><span>"</span><span>Error:</span><span>"</span><span>,</span> <span>response</span><span>.</span><span>text</span><span>)</span>  
<span># Example usage: # Replace 'YOUR_API_KEY' with your actual API key </span><span>result</span> <span>=</span> <span>get_published_article_number</span><span>(</span><span>api_key</span><span>=</span><span>'</span><span>YOUR_API_KEY</span><span>'</span><span>)</span>  
<span>print</span><span>(</span><span>"</span><span>Total articles:</span><span>"</span><span>,</span> <span>result</span><span>[</span><span>0</span><span>])</span>  
<span>print</span><span>(</span><span>"</span><span>Total comments:</span><span>"</span><span>,</span> <span>result</span><span>[</span><span>1</span><span>])</span>  
<span>print</span><span>(</span><span>"</span><span>Total public reactions:</span><span>"</span><span>,</span> <span>result</span><span>[</span><span>2</span><span>])</span>  
<span>print</span><span>(</span><span>"</span><span>Total page views:</span><span>"</span><span>,</span> <span>result</span><span>[</span><span>3</span><span>])</span>
<span>import</span> <span>requests</span>  

<span>def</span> <span>get_published_article_number</span><span>(</span><span>api_key</span><span>):</span>  
    <span># URL of the API endpoint </span>    <span>url</span> <span>=</span> <span>"</span><span>https://dev.to/api/articles/me/published</span><span>"</span>  

    <span># Headers for the request </span>    <span>headers</span> <span>=</span> <span>{</span>  
        <span>"</span><span>Content-Type</span><span>"</span><span>:</span> <span>"</span><span>application/json</span><span>"</span><span>,</span>  
        <span>"</span><span>api-key</span><span>"</span><span>:</span> <span>api_key</span>  
    <span>}</span>  

    <span># Send GET request </span>    <span>response</span> <span>=</span> <span>requests</span><span>.</span><span>get</span><span>(</span><span>url</span><span>,</span> <span>headers</span><span>=</span><span>headers</span><span>)</span>  

    <span># Check if request was successful </span>    <span>if</span> <span>response</span><span>.</span><span>status_code</span> <span>==</span> <span>200</span><span>:</span>  
        <span># Parse JSON response </span>        <span>articles</span> <span>=</span> <span>response</span><span>.</span><span>json</span><span>()</span>  

        <span># Calculate total counts </span>        <span>total_articles</span> <span>=</span> <span>len</span><span>(</span><span>articles</span><span>)</span>  
        <span>total_comments</span> <span>=</span> <span>sum</span><span>(</span><span>article</span><span>[</span><span>"</span><span>comments_count</span><span>"</span><span>]</span> <span>for</span> <span>article</span> <span>in</span> <span>articles</span><span>)</span>  
        <span>total_public_reactions</span> <span>=</span> <span>sum</span><span>(</span><span>article</span><span>[</span><span>"</span><span>public_reactions_count</span><span>"</span><span>]</span> <span>for</span> <span>article</span> <span>in</span> <span>articles</span><span>)</span>  
        <span>total_page_views</span> <span>=</span> <span>sum</span><span>(</span><span>article</span><span>[</span><span>"</span><span>page_views_count</span><span>"</span><span>]</span> <span>for</span> <span>article</span> <span>in</span> <span>articles</span><span>)</span>  

        <span>return</span> <span>total_articles</span><span>,</span> <span>total_comments</span><span>,</span> <span>total_public_reactions</span><span>,</span> <span>total_page_views</span>  
    <span>else</span><span>:</span>  
        <span># If request was unsuccessful, print error message </span>        <span>print</span><span>(</span><span>"</span><span>Error:</span><span>"</span><span>,</span> <span>response</span><span>.</span><span>text</span><span>)</span>  


<span># Example usage: # Replace 'YOUR_API_KEY' with your actual API key </span><span>result</span> <span>=</span> <span>get_published_article_number</span><span>(</span><span>api_key</span><span>=</span><span>'</span><span>YOUR_API_KEY</span><span>'</span><span>)</span>  
<span>print</span><span>(</span><span>"</span><span>Total articles:</span><span>"</span><span>,</span> <span>result</span><span>[</span><span>0</span><span>])</span>  
<span>print</span><span>(</span><span>"</span><span>Total comments:</span><span>"</span><span>,</span> <span>result</span><span>[</span><span>1</span><span>])</span>  
<span>print</span><span>(</span><span>"</span><span>Total public reactions:</span><span>"</span><span>,</span> <span>result</span><span>[</span><span>2</span><span>])</span>  
<span>print</span><span>(</span><span>"</span><span>Total page views:</span><span>"</span><span>,</span> <span>result</span><span>[</span><span>3</span><span>])</span>
import requests  

def get_published_article_number(api_key):  
    # URL of the API endpoint     url = "https://dev.to/api/articles/me/published"  

    # Headers for the request     headers = {  
        "Content-Type": "application/json",  
        "api-key": api_key  
    }  

    # Send GET request     response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)  

    # Check if request was successful     if response.status_code == 200:  
        # Parse JSON response         articles = response.json()  

        # Calculate total counts         total_articles = len(articles)  
        total_comments = sum(article["comments_count"] for article in articles)  
        total_public_reactions = sum(article["public_reactions_count"] for article in articles)  
        total_page_views = sum(article["page_views_count"] for article in articles)  

        return total_articles, total_comments, total_public_reactions, total_page_views  
    else:  
        # If request was unsuccessful, print error message         print("Error:", response.text)  


# Example usage: # Replace 'YOUR_API_KEY' with your actual API key result = get_published_article_number(api_key='YOUR_API_KEY')  
print("Total articles:", result[0])  
print("Total comments:", result[1])  
print("Total public reactions:", result[2])  
print("Total page views:", result[3])

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By providing your API key, this function enables you to retrieve insightful data about your articles’ performance on DEV.

Conclusion

With the combination of Python and the DEV API, you can effortlessly fetch followers and monitor the status of your posts on DEV. Whether you’re a content creator, community member, or enthusiast, these simple yet powerful functions can significantly enhance your experience on the platform.

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