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NAPI

An API which gives data on all Nobel laureates.

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This API's source data is taken from public dataset here.

What is different here :

This API do not have any database, and uses an external JSON file. The API structures and provides various queries using client-side SQL like module called alasql.

Routes :

Users can access the list of routes mentioned below to get JSON data.

  • HOME ROUTE : This route is the home route of the API. This route can be accessed by https://nobelapi.herokuapp.com/

    example : NAPI_Home_Route

  • NAME : This route gives the Nobel laureates data based on their name. To access this route, https://nobelapi.herokuapp.com/name/{name_of_laureate}

    example :

    Req : https://nobelapi.herokuapp.com/name/rogerpenrose

    Res :

    {
    "id": "988",
    "firstname": "Roger",
    "surname": "Penrose",
    "born": "1931-08-08",
    "died": "0000-00-00",
    "bornCountry": "United Kingdom",
    "bornCountryCode": "GB",
    "bornCity": "Colchester",
    "gender": "male",
    "prizes": [
    {
    "year": "2020",
    "category": "physics",
    "share": "2",
    "motivation": "\"for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity\"",
    "affiliations": [
    {
    "name": "University of Oxford",
    "city": "Oxford",
    "country": "United Kingdom"
    }
    ]
    }
    ]
    }
    
  • BORNAT : This route gives a list of laureates for the given born country code.This route can be accessed by https://nobelapi.herokuapp.com/bornat/{Country_Code}

    example :

    Req : https://nobleapi.herokuapp.com/bornat/IN

    Res : Use the below url to get a view of response.

    https://gist.github.com/code-reaper08/4645b73ef92a6f029ab4aa6225742612

  • DIEDAT : This route gives a list of laureates for the given died country code.This route can be accessed using https://nobelapi.herokuapp.com/diedat/{Country_Code}

    example :

    Req : https://nobleapi.herokuapp.com/diedat/IN

    Res : Use the below url to get a view of response.

    https://gist.github.com/code-reaper08/fcdceeb9d809dc3cf0c829b9350b88ed

  • GENDER : This gives a list of laureates for a given gender.This can be accessed using https://nobelapi.herokuapp.com/gender/{GENDER}. The parameter {GENDER} should be a male or female in Lowercase.

    example :

    Req : https://nobleapi.herokuapp.com/gender/female

    Res : Use the below url to get a view of response.

    https://gist.github.com/code-reaper08/31235c8af64c55edc38a193593c8bb42

  • GENDER AND BORN COUNTRY : This gives a list of laureates for a given gender born at given country. This can be accessed using https://nobelapi.herokuapp.com/{GENDER}/{Country_Code}. Here {Country_Code}denotes the born country.

    example :

    Req : https://nobleapi.herokuapp.com/gender/female/PL

    Res : Use the below url to get a view of response.

    https://gist.github.com/code-reaper08/29d55cc2668021e57f3e8cb0059710a9

  • BORNAT AND DIEDAT : This gives a a list of laureates based on their born country and died country. One can combine parameters to get desired results using this route. This route can be accessed by https://nobelapi.herokuapp.com/bornat/{Country_Code_1}/diedat/{Country_code_2}. Here Country_Code_1 denotes born country and Country_Code_2 denotes died country.

    example :

    Req : https://nobleapi.herokuapp.com/bornat/IN/diedat/IN

    Res : Use the below url to get a view of response.

    https://gist.github.com/code-reaper08/fef2c2bae52e5d96dbbc1b208b381304

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License:

    MIT License

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