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Fetching Data from a Public API

Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 4:30pm to 5:30pm

Uris Library, Classroom
McGraw Tower, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA

An increasing number of government agencies and other organizations make public data available via an application programming interface (API), rather than via direct download. The advantage of an API from the researcher's perspective is that it allows you to write queries to find a meaningful subset of data, while also ensuring the data is the most up-to-date possible.

In this workshop, you'll learn how to fetch data from public APIs to use in your work. We’ll also compare fetching from APIs to other methods of retrieving web data, such as downloading static .csv files or scraping a web page. No prior programming experience required.  

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Class/ Workshop

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Cornell University Library, Olin Library

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https://spaces.library.cornell.edu/ev...

Contact E-Mail

olinurisworkshops@cornell.edu

Contact Name

Rob Kotaska

Contact Phone

255-4292

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