The start of a VERY simple Python library for working with the AngelList api ( http://angel.co/api ) DISCLAIMER: Note: This code is a quick hack for a personal project I'm playing around with. There are obvious holes (for example the delete stuff isn't working yet) and there are most certainly much cleaner/better/faster ways to interact with the AngelList api, but this version basically gave me quick access to the functionality that I needed at the time. If you have questions, comments, or updates you would like me to include please feel free to email me any time at info@falicon.com or ping me via Twitter at http://twitter.com/falicon OAUTH: The AngelList api requires authentication via OAuth2 ( http://angel.co/api/oauth/faq ). This process is started by sending users to a specific angel.co url to authorize your app. You generate that url like this: import angellist al = angellist.AngelList() al.client_id = 'YOUR_CLIENT_ID_ASSIGNED_BY_ANGEL_LIST' auth_url = al.getAuthorizationURL() Then you just redirect your user to the generated URL. Once a user validates your app on AngelList, AngelList will send them back to the endpoint your specified when you set up your app along with a URL param of code. It will look something like this: http://localhost?code=08a6502cb3199adf9f7d50c85254a0f1 The next step is to use this returned code, along with your client_id, and client_secret to obtain a valid access_token. You do that like this: import angellist al = angellist.AngelList() al.client_id = 'YOUR_CLIENT_ID_ASSIGNED_BY_ANGEL_LIST' al.client_secret = 'YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET_ASSIGNED_BY_ANGEL_LIST' access_token = al.getAccessToken(code='THE_CODE_YOU_JUST_GOT_IN_THE_AUTH_RESPONSE_URL') and if all goes well, you should now have a valid access_token that you can store along with this users account details and make valid AngelList api calls for. ACTUALLY ACCESSING THE API -- THE BASICS: If you have a valid access token, you should be able to something like the following: import angellist al = angellist.AngelList() al.access_token = 'YOUR_VALID_ACCESS_TOKEN_FROM_OAUTH_PROCESS' my_angel_list_profile = al.getMe() -- IMPORTANT NOTE -- All requests expect a valid access_token to be set (see the OAuth section for details on obtaining a valid access_token). AVAILABLE METHODS: - getFeed() - deleteFollows(follow_type='', follow_id='') - currently known issues - addFollows(follow_type='', follow_id='') - getFollowers(user_id='') - getFollowersIds(user_id='') - getFollowing(user_id='') - getFollowingIds(user_id='') - getStartupsFollowers(startup_id='') - getReviews(user_id='') - getStartups(startup_id='') - getStartupsSearch(slug='', domain='') - getTagsStartups(tag_id='') - getStartupRoles(user_id='', startup_id='') - getStatusUpdates(user_id='', startup_id='') - postStatusUpdates(startup_id='', message='') - deleteStatusUpdates(status_id='') - currently known issues - getTags(tag_id='') - getTagsChildren(tag_id='') - getTagsParents(tag_id='') - getTagsStartups(tag_id='') - getUsers(user_id='') - getUsersSearch(slug = '', email = '') - getMe() KNOWN ISSUES: - DELETE requests (deleteFollows and deleteStatusUpdates) are not currently working (I have not yet been able to debug just how AngelList is expecting DELETE requests to be submitted).