Welcome to the Python Developer Center

Python is a dynamic object-oriented programming language that can be used for many kinds of software development. It offers strong support for integration with other languages and tools, comes with extensive standard libraries, and can be learned in a few days. This site is your source for information about using Python with Yahoo! Web Services APIs. Here you'll find:

• HOWTO Articles to help you understand our technologies and how you can use them better with Python.
• Useful Resources on the web where you can find source code and helpful tools.
• Educational sites where you can learn how to program using Python.
• Community Resources where you can join our mailing list and discuss the Yahoo! APIs with us and with other Python developers.

HOWTO Articles

Get comfortable using Python with Yahoo! Web Services

• Make Yahoo! Web Service REST calls with Python
• Cache API calls using Python
• Parse JSON using Python
• Parse XML using Python
• Access the Yahoo! Search APIs using pYsearch
• Access Yahoo! RSS feeds using Python
• A helpful class for using Yahoo! Browser-Based Authentication (no article yet!)

Useful Resources

Definitive Python information from the web

• Python.org is the home of Python on the Web.
• The Python Cookbook is a collection of useful Python code snippets.
• The Python Package Index offers a wide range of open-source Python packages for easy installation.
• The ONLamp.com Python DevCenter has a large archive of articles and tutorials about Python.
• The Daily Python-URL is a frequently updated source of Python community news.
• Planet Python tracks numerous Python developer weblogs.

Educational Sites

Extensive learning resources

• The official Python Tutorial offers a succinct introduction to the language.
• Dive Into Python is a free book designed to help people with prior programming experience learn Python. It is also available in dead-tree format.
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python uses Python to teach computer science concepts.

Community Resources

Discuss how to work with the Yahoo! Web Services and other APIs using Python on the ydn-python mailing list. Please note that this is not a general Python programming list; try to keep your questions focused to discussion about the Yahoo! APIs.

We also provide individual lists for each of the web services and APIs we support; your questions are always welcome there as well. See the Yahoo! Developer Network Community page for more information on these mailing lists.