>>orph+(OP)
Copilot is crazy. The other day, I was writing a Python function that would call a Wikipedia API. I pulled from the internet an example of a GET request, and pasted it as a comment in my code.
# sample call: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&list=geosearch&gscoord=37.7891838%7C-122.4033522&gsradius=10000&gslimit=100
Then I defined a variable,
base_url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?"
Then, like magic, Copilot suggested all the remaining keys that would go in the query params. It even knew which params were to be kept as-is, and which ones would come from my previous code:
action = "query" # action=query
format = "json" # or xml
lat = str(latitude.value) # 37.7891838
lon = str(longitude.value) # -122.4033522
gscoord = lat + "%7C" + lon
...
api_path = base_url + "action=" + action + "&format=" + format + ... + "&gscoord=" + gscoord
As a guy who gets easily distracted while programming, Copilot saves me a lot of time and keeps me engaged with my work. I can only imagine what it'll look like 10 years from now.