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

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)

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])