Databases & APIs

Monday—Databases:

Presentation

• What are databases?
• Sites to Explore:
  • Census Data

Wednesday—APIs:

Presentation

• Watch this video:

Friday:

• Come to class with a public-facing database and an API related to your group’s domain.
  • As a group explore the databases/APIs the group brought.
  • Report to the class on the available database/API data available on your domain.
    • Which are the most useful?
    • Which seems the least useful?
    • Look up to find if the API has any maximum usage or rate limits. How might those impact how you use it?
    • How could you use the most useful data in your domain?
    • Is there the possibility of combining any of them to better explore the data?