Quickstart

This page will offer the quickest way to get up and running with the Metdley API.

Prerequisites

Before installing the library, please note:

1. You must have an API key to interact with the Metdley API.
   • To obtain an API key, you need an account with Metdley.
   • If you don’t already have an account, please contact our sales team to get started.

Python Library

Once you have an API key the python library is the easiest way to interface with the API.

Step 1: Install the library

pip install metdley

Step 2: Import and Authenticate

import os
import metdley as met

# Fetch the API key from an environment variable
met.auth(os.getenv("METDLEY_API_KEY"))

Step 3: Make a request

import os
import metdley as met

met.auth(os.getenv("METDLEY_API_KEY"))

met.status.is_operational() # boolean, helpful for testing a request

met.search.track("The Beatles", "Yesterday") # single track search

met.process.csv("many_upcs.csv") # process and automatically search an entire file