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Web APIs with Python

Web APIs with Python

Repository for the Web APIs with Python workshop at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute.

Preparing for the Workshop

To prepare for this course, please:

• Review the provided readings in the course pack.
• Consider the list of APIs, and think of which you might like to use.
• Bring an idea or two for projects or research you would like to pursue.

DHSI Schedule

Day One

• Introduction
• What is an API?
• Introduction to the command line
• Requests with cURL

Homework: Find an API; prepare to present it to the class

Day Two

• API research presentations
• Introduction to Python

Homework: Develop a research question

Day Three

• Discussion: Research Questions
• Collecting and Processing API Data with Requests
• Reading documentation
• Self Directed Exploration: The New York Times API

Example: Jonathan's Judging Books' Covers

Example: Alternate DHSIs Twitter Bot

Example: Mining New York Times Best-Seller Descriptions

Homework: Collecting data

Day Four

• Overview of data formats
• Exploring & Visualizing Your Data Set
• Visualizing Your Data Set, Continued
• Creating Twitterbots with the Twitter API
• Lab

Homework: Work on presentation

Day Five

• Lab