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Kaggle API

Use Kaggle API to download data and submit result

See github page for details of the API.

How to download and install kaggle api

In order to download and install kaggle api, you must have pip installed. We only talk about how to install and use pip in windows (because in Linux it is really easy).

1. Open anaconda navigator -> Environments. Type "pip" in search box to check whether it is installed.

2. Install pip if it is not installed.

3. Launch qtconsole or spyder.

4. Use commands !pip install kaggle to install kaggle api.

5. Go to https://www.kaggle.com/username/account and select 'Create API Token'. This will trgger the download of kaggle.json

6. Save kaggle.json to folder C:\Users\<user-name>\.kaggle\. The trick of creating .kaggle in Windows is to write the folder name as .kaggle.. (Do not forget the dot in the end).

How to use kaggle api

• Use command !kaggle competitions download -c competition-name -p folder-name to download all the files of a competition.

• Use command !kaggle competitions submit -f file-name to submit result.