🚀 Project 18 – API Hub (April 12th - 13th, 2026)

💡 Simple Description

A Python terminal app that lets you fetch data from multiple APIs (Pokémon, jokes, and country info) with a clean menu system, while saving user history using JSON.

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🧠 The Story

This project actually started as something small.

I had just learned how to request data from APIs, and I built a few mini projects: • a Pokémon data fetcher • a joke generator • a country info finder

At first, they were all separate. Just random scripts.

But then I thought… why am I running 3 different files like an NPC?

So I decided to combine everything into one system.

That’s when things got interesting.

Instead of just writing code, I started thinking like:

how do I actually organize this so it doesn’t turn into spaghetti?

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⚙️ What the Project Does

The program runs in the terminal and gives you a menu:

•	Fetch Pokémon data
•	Get random jokes
•	Get country information
•	View saved history

Every time you use it:

•	your searches are saved
•	your joke count is tracked (very important obviously)
•	everything persists using a JSON file

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🧱 How I Built It

I didn’t just throw everything into one file and pray.

I structured it like this:

•	api/ → handles all API requests
•	utils/menu.py → handles user interaction
•	utils/file_handler.py → handles JSON saving/loading
•	utils/history.py → displays stored data
•	main.py → connects everything together

I also used:

•	classes so things don’t get messy
•	function mapping instead of 500 if statements
•	JSON as a mini database

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🧠 What I Learned

This project felt different.

I learned how to:

•	actually use APIs instead of just copying examples
•	structure multi-file Python projects
•	separate responsibilities so my code doesn’t become chaos
•	save and load data properly with JSON

But the biggest thing was:

building something with a lot going on without needing help every 2 minutes

There were moments I got stuck (and yeah, got a little mad at APIs 💀), but figuring things out myself was the best part.

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🚀 What’s Next

This project is basically my transition into backend development.

Next step:

•	turn this into a real API using Flask
•	eventually replace JSON with a real database

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💬 Final Thoughts

This project was actually fun to build.

I realized I enjoy this type of work way more when:

•	there’s structure
•	there’s problem solving
•	and I’m not just following a tutorial step by step

Also yeah… APIs can be annoying sometimes 😭

-Davi

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