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.  

Part of the Working with Data Workshop Series

This series will take learners through the process of finding, processing, analyzing, and visualizing a single dataset from beginning to end. However, each individual workshop also stands on its own without prerequisites. Attend one, or attend them all!