import requests

# URL of the API endpoint
url = "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts"  # Example API that returns a list of posts

try:
    # Send a GET request
    response = requests.get(url)
    # Check if the response is successful
    response.raise_for_status()  # Raises HTTPError for bad responses (4xx and 5xx)

    # Parse the JSON response
    data = response.json()

    if isinstance(data, list):  # Check if the response is a list
        print("Received a list with", len(data), "items:")
        for item in data[:5]:  # Display the first 5 items as an example
            print(item)
    else:
        print("The response is not a list:", data)

except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print("An error occurred:", e)