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__author__ = 'grant'

from urllib2 import urlopen

from json import load

key = "API_KEY"

def build_api_call(key):

zip_code = raw_input("Enter your zip code:")

url = 'http://api.npr.org/stations?apiKey=' + key

url +='&format=json'

url += "&zip=" + zip_code

return url

def call_station_api(url):

response = urlopen(url)

j = load(response)

return j

def parse_station_json(json_obj):

for station in json_obj['station']:

print (station['callLetters']['$text']+ ": " +

station['marketCity']['$text'] + ", " +

station['state']['$text'])

print "Frequency:" + station['frequency']['$text'] + station['band']['$text']

if 'url' in station:

print "MP3 streams"

if 'url' in station:

for link in station["url"]:

if link["type"] == "Audio MP3 Stream":

print "\t", link["title"] + " - " + link["$text"]

url = build_api_call(key)

print "URL: ", url

json_obj = call_station_api(url)

parse_station_json(json_obj)