This is a Python Library to take advantage of the Kickstarter API.
- Simple text searching
- Searches by category
- Staff Pick listing
- Browse Starred Projects
- Browse Backed Projects
- View and Post Comments
- Message Project Creators
- View updates
- Receive Notifications
Overall, the library provides access to all of the data returned by the API. I created wrapper functions for segments that I found important. It can easily be expanded. In Docs, I've included some sample JSON reponses for different data types to show what is available.
from PyKickstarter import PyKickstarter
kick = PyKickstarter()
# If you want to log in
kick.login(EMAIL, PASSWORD)
projects = kick.get_backed_projects()
for project in projects.next():
print project.id
- Investigate the unauthenticated features. The project generator can't reload the list.