new_contents: def getJson(suffix):
  	import urllib, json
  	urlObject = urllib.urlopen('http://api.pugetsound.onebusaway.org/api/where/' + suffix)
  	return json.loads(urlObject.read())
  
  def testSQL(cnx):
  	from datetime import datetime, date
  	cursor = cnx.cursor()
  	test_insert = ("INSERT INTO test (word, number, date) "
  				   "VALUES (%(word_entry)s, %(number_entry)s, %(date_entry)s)")
  	test_data = {
  		'word_entry': 'TestData',
  		'number_entry':17,
  		'date_entry':datetime.now().date()
  	}
  	cursor.execute(test_insert, test_data)
  	cnx.commit()
  
  
  def apiRequest():
  	print('dummy')
  
  def inputData():
  	'''
  	currently puts data in a localhost db
  	'''
  	import mysql.connector
  
  	config = {
  		'user':'testUser',
  		'password':'anything',
      	'host':'127.0.0.1',
      	'database':'TestOBA'
  	}
  
  	try:
  		cnx = mysql.connector.connect(**config)
  		testSQL(cnx)
  	except mysql.connector.Error as err:
  		if err.errno == errorcode.ER_ACCESS_DENIED_ERROR:
  			print("Something is wrong with your user name or password")
  		elif err.errno == errorcode.ER_BAD_DB_ERROR:
  			print("Database does not exist")
  		else:
  			print(err)
  	else:
  		cnx.close()
  
  apiRequest
  if __name__ == "__main__":
  	inputData()
  
subject: set up basic collection structure