Trying to use backpack tf API for price checking with python

[Myst1cS04p]

So, ive never used the bp tf api before but i wanted to set it up so that i could get the lowest sell order from the classifieds of an item. Sounds simple enough right? but its not. I tried using the python requests module but i couldnt figure out how to use that to get the prices and stuff since every time i sent a request it just told me i couldn't do it, so i found this other library https://pypi.org/project/BackpackTF/ made specifically for bp tf. However to use the classifieds methods i need to set up a constructer for BackpackTF.Account. On the documentation of the backpack tf library it said for setting up account i had to provide client id, client secret, and api key. The only one of these things i have in the api key and idk where to find the others. help would be much appreciated 

[RussellSproutz]

30 minutes ago, Myst1cS04p said:

So, ive never used the bp tf api before but i wanted to set it up so that i could get the lowest sell order from the classifieds of an item. Sounds simple enough right? but its not. I tried using the python requests module but i couldnt figure out how to use that to get the prices and stuff since every time i sent a request it just told me i couldn't do it, so i found this other library https://pypi.org/project/BackpackTF/ made specifically for bp tf. However to use the classifieds methods i need to set up a constructer for BackpackTF.Account. On the documentation of the backpack tf library it said for setting up account i had to provide client id, client secret, and api key. The only one of these things i have in the api key and idk where to find the others. help would be much appreciated 

Oooh this seems pretty neat!

[Zeus_Junior]

That library hasn't been updated in 5 years. I wouldn't rely on it.

API docs can be found here https://backpack.tf/api/index.html, for your use case you're looking for the snapshots API

[Myst1cS04p]

Alright thanks for the heads up. Could u also tell me how I should pass the api key? I am using the requests pakage in python. I have tried having it setup so that i send a request to backpack.tf/[appropriate api command url]?token=[api key] but that didnt work and i have tried having the api key as the auth parameter for my request. Help is much appreciated 

[Zeus_Junior]

56 minutes ago, Myst1cS04p said:

Alright thanks for the heads up. Could u also tell me how I should pass the api key? I am using the requests pakage in python. I have tried having it setup so that i send a request to backpack.tf/[appropriate api command url]?token=[api key] but that didnt work and i have tried having the api key as the auth parameter for my request. Help is much appreciated 

The snapshots api requires your user token and uses token=abc. For apis that use the api key use the key=abc parameter

[Myst1cS04p]

15 minutes ago, Zeus_Junior said:

The snapshots api requires your user token and uses token=abc. For apis that use the api key use the key=abc parameter

Tysm man ur super helpful