updated http client

http_client.py

-import json
 import requests
 
-API_KEY = "--REDACTED--"
-city_name = "Annapolis"
-URL = "https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=%s&appid=%s&units=imperial" % (city_name, API_KEY)
-r = requests.get(URL)
+city = "Annapolis"
+api_key = "--REDACTED--"
+units = "imperial"
+
+# URL Components
+scheme = "https"
+host = "api.openweathermap.org"
+resource = "/data/2.5/weather"
+query = "q=%s&appid=%s&units=%s" % (city, api_key, units)
+
+# Put it all together
+url = scheme+"://"+host+resource+"?"+query
+print(url)
+
+# Request library handles the *whole* protocol stack :)
+r = requests.get(url)
 data = r.json()
-print("It is currently %d degrees in %s" % (data['main']['temp'], city_name))
+
+# Show some interesting weather data
+print("It is currently %d degrees in %s" % (data['main']['temp'], city))