Unofficial GFG API

An unofficial API for GeeksForGeeks for developers to make cool stuff using GFG data.

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Functionalities

• Has all the relevant data from the GFG profile page.
• Has the count of all the problems solved based on difficulties.
• Has the links & names of all the problems solved by the user segregated based on difficulties.
• Methods supported - GET

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Endpoints

To access the API, there is only 1 endpoint, https://geeks-for-geeks-api.vercel.app/yourGeeksForGeeksUsername

Sample URL - https://geeks-for-geeks-api.vercel.app/arnoob16

How was it built:

The API was built using Web Scraping the profile page and a server deployed on web.

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Instructions to run on your local system

• Pre-requisites:

  • Python 3.x
  • Install all the required libraries using the requirements.txt file.

  pip install requirements.txt

• Directions to execute

  • python app.py or py app.py
  • Open the browser of your choice and visit your localhost, either http://127.0.0.1:5000/yourGeeksForGeeksUsername or http://localhost:5000/yourGeeksForGeeksUsername
  • See the API Response, understand it and build something with it.

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Sample API Responses

Success Response

{
    "info": {
        "name": "Arnab Deep",
        "username": "arnoob16",
        "institution": "SRM Institute of Science and Technology",
        "instituteRank": 62,
        "solved": 84,
        "codingScore": 190,
        "monthlyCodingScore": 4,
        "weeklyCodingScore": 0
    },
    "solvedStats": {
        "school": {
            "count": "0",
            "questions": []
        },
        "basic": {
            "count": "17",
            "questions": [
                {
                    "question": "Height of Binary Tree",
                    "link": "https://practice.geeksforgeeks.org/problems/height-of-binary-tree/1"
                },
                {
                    "question": "Reverse a String",
                    "link": "https://practice.geeksforgeeks.org/problems/reverse-a-string/1"
                },
                ....
            ]
        },
        "easy": {
            "count": "49",
            "questions": [
                {
                    "question": "Deque Implementations",
                    "link": "https://practice.geeksforgeeks.org/problems/deque-implementations/1"
                },
                {
                    "question": "The New Line - Java",
                    "link": "https://practice.geeksforgeeks.org/problems/the-new-line-java/1"
                },
                ....
            ]
        },
        "medium": {
            "count": "16",
            "questions": [
                {
                    "question": " Rearrange Array Alternately",
                    "link": "https://practice.geeksforgeeks.org/problems/-rearrange-array-alternately-1587115620/1"
                },
                {
                    "question": "Part of it.",
                    "link": "https://practice.geeksforgeeks.org/problems/part-of-it1016/1"
                },
                ....
            ]
        },
        "hard": {
            "count": "2",
            "questions": [
                {
                    "question": "QuickSort on Doubly Linked List",
                    "link": "https://practice.geeksforgeeks.org/problems/quicksort-on-doubly-linked-list/1"
                },
                {
                    "question": "Return two prime numbers",
                    "link": "https://practice.geeksforgeeks.org/problems/return-two-prime-numbers2509/1"
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}

Failure Response

{
    "error": "Profile Not Found"
}

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Notes

• If you are using this, do mention about this repository in your readme, I'll also mention your project here in this repository.
• A star to the repository would be massive boost to a NOOB like me.