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