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Introducing APIs
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What's an API?
Application
Programming
Interface
Why should I care?
WHat can I do with THEM?
New tools & interfaces
Integrate services
Move data
WhY APIs?
a black box
software (no API)
integrate?
a bigger black box
I'm listening!
API
Can I have some data?
Sure you can!
SMALL PARTS LOOSELY COUPLED
ExCept...
Web APIs
API address (endpoint)
Request parameter
(this is what I want)
View the result
READING OR WRITING
Authentication and limits
Trove API Console
I'm ready to start building!
Make things with APIs (NO coding)
Make things with APIs (A Little coding)
Starter kits and hackable examples
- Glitch (remixable apps & integrations)
- Awesome Jupyter GLAM
- LC for robots (API examples & notebooks)
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GLAM Workbench
API EXPLORATION
Visualise Trove newspapers
Harvest Trove data
Trove list to Zotero
Trove list to Zotero
Introducing APIs
By Tim Sherratt
