getAPOD.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
#
# Get data of a NASA APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day)
#
# For more details see:
# NASA APIs: https://api.nasa.gov/
#
import requests
#
proxies = {
  "http": None,
  "https": None,
}
#
headers = {"Content-Type" : "application/json;charset=utf-8"}
#
res = requests.get('https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod?api_key=DEMO_KEY&date=2019-11-11', proxies=proxies,headers=headers)
if res != None:
    if res.status_code == 200:
        print(res.text)
    else:
        print('HTTP status :', res.status_code)
        print('encoding    :', res.encoding)
        print(res.text)