import requests def call_ows_territories(territories_standard): # Make request to ows-territories headers = {'Correlation-Id': 'helpmeicantseesogooddammnit'} ows_territories_url = 'http://ows-territories.theorchard.io/territory/{}' r = requests.get( ows_territories_url.format(territories_standard), headers=headers) # Basically array_column(). Returns a list def p(index): return [val[index] for val in r.json().get('items')] # Grab the territory list return p('territory_code_a2')