app.py

from flask import Flask, request, render_template
import requests



app = Flask(__name__)




@app.route('/pokemon_name', methods=['GET', 'POST'])

# FUNCTION to retrieve Pokémon data
def get_pokemon_data(pokemon_name):
    # URL for the specific Pokémon
    # DEFINE base URL for PokeAPI
    base_url = "https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/"
    url = base_url + f"pokemon/{pokemon_name}/"
    
    # GET request to PokeAPI
    response = requests.get(url)
    
    # RETRIEVE JSON data from response
    data = response.json()
    
    # EXTRACT pokemon name, ability name, and base experience
    name = data['name']
    ability = data['abilities'][0]['ability']['name']
    base_experience = data['base_experience']
    
    # Return as DICT
    return {'name': name, 'ability': ability, 'base_experience': base_experience}

# Step 4: CREATE a LIST to store the pokemon data
pokemon_data = []

# Step 5: RETRIEVE data for five pokemon
pokemon_list = ['bulbasaur', 'charmander', 'squirtle', 'pikachu', 'jigglypuff']
for pokemon in pokemon_list:
    # CALL the " get_pokemon_data " FUNCTION and APPEND the result to the LIST
    pokemon_data.append(get_pokemon_data(pokemon)) #FIX HERE???????????????

# FUNCTION to retrieve the front shiny sprite URL
def get_front_shiny_sprite_url(pokemon_name):
    # CONSTRUCT the URL for the specific pokemon
    base_url = "https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/"
    url = base_url + f"pokemon/{pokemon_name}/"
    
    # Send a GET request to PokeAPI
    response = requests.get(url)
    
    # Retrieve the JSON data from the response
    data = response.json()
    
    # EXTRACT the URL for the front shiny sprite
    sprite_url = data['sprites']['front_shiny']
    
    # Return the sprite URL
    return sprite_url

# Step 7: CREATE a LIST to store the sprite URLs
sprite_urls = []

# Step 8: RETRIEVE the front shiny sprite URL for each stored pokemon
for pokemon in pokemon_data:
    # Call the " get_front_shiny_sprite_url " FUNCTION and APPEND the result to the list
    sprite_urls.append(get_front_shiny_sprite_url(pokemon['name']))


# PRINT the retrieved data for each pokemon
for pokemon in pokemon_data:
    print("Name:", pokemon['name'])
    print("Ability:", pokemon['ability'])
    print("Base Experience:", pokemon['base_experience'])
    print()

# Print sprite URLs for each pokemon
for i, sprite_url in enumerate(sprite_urls):
    print("Sprite URL for Pokemon", i+1)
    print(sprite_url)
    print()