import requests

# API endpoint
url = "https://api.example.com/data"

# Parameters including the API key for authentication
params = {
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"  # Replace with your actual API key
}

# Send GET request with parameters
response = requests.get(url, params=params)

# Convert JSON response to Python object
data = response.json()

# Print the data
print(data)