from sodapy import Socrata
client = Socrata('data.sfgov.org', None)
dataset_id = 'tmnf-yvry'
data = client.get(dataset_id, limit=2)
print data
{"stdout":"[{u'category': u'ASSAULT', u'dayofweek': u'Wednesday', u'incidntnum': u'050436712', u'time': u'04:00', u'descript': u'BATTERY', u'pddistrict': u'MISSION', u'y': u'37.7608878061245', u'location': {u'latitude': u'37.7608878061245', u'needs_recoding': False, u'human_address': u'{\"address\":\"\",\"city\":\"\",\"state\":\"\",\"zip\":\"\"}', u'longitude': u'-122.435002864271'}, u'address': u'18TH ST / CASTRO ST', u'date': u'2005-04-20T00:00:00', u'x': u'-122.435002864271', u'resolution': u'NONE', u'pdid': u'5043671204134'}, {u'category': u'LARCENY/THEFT', u'dayofweek': u'Sunday', u'incidntnum': u'080049078', u'time': u'18:00', u'descript': u'GRAND THEFT FROM A BUILDING', u'pddistrict': u'PARK', u'y': u'37.7622550270122', u'location': {u'latitude': u'37.7622550270122', u'needs_recoding': False, u'human_address': u'{\"address\":\"\",\"city\":\"\",\"state\":\"\",\"zip\":\"\"}', u'longitude': u'-122.446837820235'}, u'address': u'1100 Block of CLAYTON ST', u'date': u'2008-01-13T00:00:00', u'x': u'-122.446837820235', u'resolution': u'NONE', u'pdid': u'8004907806304'}]