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

Example: The MET API

Homework: Collecting data

Day Four

• Self Directed Exploration: The New York Times API
• New York Time API notebook
• Lab

Homework: Work on presentation

Day Five

• Lab