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# Python SDK
The official PredictHQ Python Client provides a consistent, pythonic interface to our API.
## Example
### Installation
Install the SDK with pip:
```bash
pip install predicthq
```
### Setup the SDK
Initialize the client with your access token:
```python
from predicthq import Client
# Initialises PredictHQ client library using your access token.
# Note: You can find/create your access token at https://control.predicthq.com/clients
phq = Client(access_token="$API_TOKEN")
```
### Search events
Perform a basic search of events using the `q`, `rank_level`, and `country` parameters:
```python
for event in phq.events.search(q="Foo Fighters", rank_level=[4, 5], country='US'):
print(event.rank, event.category, event.title, event.start.strftime('%Y-%m-%d'))
```
By default, the event search returns only the first 10 results. If you want to paginate or access more results at once, look at either using limit/offset parameters or at using the `iter_all()` helper.
## Further examples
Browse our [use case examples](https://github.com/predicthq/sdk-py/tree/master/usecases) on our GitHub repository.
## Found an issue?
[Log an issue](https://github.com/predicthq/sdk-py/issues/new) on our GitHub repository.
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