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import requests # a better package than urllib2
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def my_mean(input_list):
list_sum = 0
list_count = 0
for el in input_list:
list_sum += el
list_count += 1
return list_sum / list_count
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def my_median(input_list):
list_length = len(input_list)
return input_list[list_length/2]
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api_key = "ffaf60d7d82258e112dd4fb2b5e4e2d6:3:72421680"
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url = "http://api.nytimes.com/svc/search/v2/articlesearch.json?q=gay+marriage&api-key=%s" % API_key
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r = requests.get(url)
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wc_list = []
for article in r.json()['response']['docs']:
wc_list.append(article['word_count'])
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my_mean(wc_list)
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import numpy as np
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np.mean(wc_list)
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my_median(wc_list)
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np.median(wc_list)
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