# Using REST API and Python to retrieve data \[retired\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Application Development\ **Created:** [January 2, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/using-rest-api-and-python-to-retrieve-data-retired/943 "2016-01-02T14:56:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![arjanvanb](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/arjanvanb/32/46626_2.png) [@arjanvanb](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/arjanvanb)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 10:56am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/using-rest-api-and-python-to-retrieve-data-retired/943/10 "2018-09-23T10:56:24Z")
HTTP 301 is not an error, but tells you that the location has changed: ```python print res.status, res.reason, res.getheader('Location') ``` In this specific case, TTN is redirecting you to the HTTPS URL: ```nohighlight 301 Moved Permanently https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/api/v0/nodes/03FF8124/ ``` That said: the new URL won’t work either, as the REST API is no more. You’ll have to use an alternative, like MQTT: [A Python program to listen to your devices with MQTT](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/a-python-program-to-listen-to-your-devices-with-mqtt/9036). The storage integration has its own API; [https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/applications/storage/api.html](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/applications/storage/api.html) --- _[View the full topic](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/using-rest-api-and-python-to-retrieve-data-retired/943)._