Async Gfycat

An async Python wrapper for the Gfycat API.

based on py-gfycat a sync wrapper (api endpoints of py-gfycat are outdated as of 0.2.2)

Installation

    pip install -U async-gfycat

Gfycat API Key

Go to https://developers.gfycat.com/signup/#/apiform and sign up for an API key if you don't already have one.

You need the Client ID and Client Secret to use for initializing the Python client.

Getting Started

    from async_gfycat.client import GfycatClient

    client = GfycatClient(clientid, secret)

    # Example request
    await client.upload_from_file('willsmith.gif', title='willsmith slap')

you can also use username and password authentication with

client = GfycatClient(clientid, secret, username, password)

Error Handling

• GfycatClientError - General error handler, access message and status code and the response dict with

from gfycat.error import GfycatClientError
from pprint import pprint 

try
    ...
except GfycatClientError as e
    print(e.error_message)
    print(e.status_code)
    pprint(e.response_data)

GfycatClient Class Methods

Uploads

• upload_from_url(url)
• upload_from_file(filepath)

Warning: using check_upload() immediately after uploading a file may result in a NotFoundo response, in that case waiting a moment will fix the issue, this is an api issue not a client one

Query a GFY for URLs and more information

• query_gfy(gfyname)

Check if an upload has been converted

• check_upload(link)

all methods return coros and need to be awaited