Python-API-Connector (for Python 2.7.0)

Use the https://majestic.com connectors to access web data from one of the largest web indexes available. The Majestic® search engine is mainly used to instantly provide Flow Metrics® which evaluate the any page on the Internet in scores between 0 and 100.

For set up

Clone the repository in a directory.

Set PYTHONPATH in the Environment Variables to Python-API-connector directory.

This will be essential as then you can import in the library from another directory.

On Windows it will be something similar to this:

set PYTHONPATH=C:\project\lib\Python-API-Connector;

On linux, in the terminal it will look something like this:

export PYTHONPATH=/usr/project/lib/Python-API-Connector

Examples

There are a few examples of using the API-Connector in the following scripts:

• GetIndexItemInfo.py
  • The GetIndexItemInfo command provides data on the number of backlinks to any web page or site, linking domains and the main topics for that page or web site
• GetBackLinkData.py
  • GetBacklinkData will return rows of data with information about all the pages linking to a given URL or domain

The follwoing code is from GetIndexItemInfo.py, it will shows how the API-Connector can be used.

api_service = APIService(app_api_key, endpoint)
response = api_service.execute_command('GetIndexItemInfo', parameters)

Further notes

The Python Connector has been developed using Python 2.7.2.
To run the examples have python 2+ installed, then in terminal use >python2 somefile.py
This will run the script or try py to run the file.

For further information see api documentation @ https://developer-support.majestic.com/