Introducing APIs

Tim Sherratt ・timsherratt.org ・@wragge

play along

https://slides.com/wragge/introducing-apis-vala

What's an API?

Application

Programming

Interface

Why should I care?

WHat can I do with THEM?

New tools & interfaces

https://www.zenlan.com/collage/

Integrate services

https://qa.orcid.org/organizations/integrators/integration-chart

Move data

https://github.com/DocNow/twarc

WhY APIs?

a black box

software (no API)

integrate?

a bigger black box

I'm listening!

API

SMALL PARTS LOOSELY COUPLED

ExCept...

Web APIs

https://api.datacite.org/dois/10.6084/m9.figshare.4101765

API address (endpoint)

Request parameter

(this is what I want)

View the result

READING OR WRITING

Authentication and limits

Trove API Console

http://troveconsole.herokuapp.com/

I'm ready to start building!

Make things with APIs (NO coding)

https://ifttt.com/

Make things with APIs (A Little coding)

• DIY Headline Roulette
• Trove Twitter Bots for all!
• DIY Trove exhibition

Starter kits and hackable examples

• Glitch (remixable apps & integrations)
• Awesome Jupyter GLAM
• LC for robots (API examples & notebooks)

REMIND TIM TO CLICK THIS LINK NOW!

GLAM Workbench

https://glam-workbench.github.io/

API EXPLORATION

• Trove
• Te Papa

Visualise Trove newspapers

https://glam-workbench.github.io/trove-newspapers/

Harvest Trove data

https://glam-workbench.github.io/trove-harvester/

Trove list to Zotero

Trove list to Zotero

• Trove list
• Zotero group
• Jupyter notebook