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=== Session 2: Importing Data from web APIs (April 25) === :'''Time:''' 9:45am-4pm :'''Location:''' Morning in [http://uw.edu/maps/?sav Savery Hall (SAV) 260]; Afternoon in [http://www.washington.edu/maps/#!/cmu Communications (CMU)] 104, 126 and 242 Come to '''[http://uw.edu/maps/?sav Savery Hall (SAV) 260] by 9:45am''' (Note: it's ''not'' in the communication building). You will need time to get settled and setup. We will start lecturing promptly at 10am. There will be coffee! * '''Morning, 10am-12:20 (SAV 260):''' [[Community Data Science Workshops (Sprint 2015)/Day 2 lection|A 2 hour lecture-based introduction to the web programming and APIs]] * '''Lunch, 12:20-1pm (CMU 126):''' We'll provide lunch (vegetarian Indian) * '''Afternoon, 1pm-3:30pm (CMU 104, 126, 242):''' Web API practice through [[Community_Data_Science_Workshops_(Spring_2015)/Day_2_Projects|short projects on a variety of fun and practical topics]] * '''Wrap-up, 3:30pm-4pm:''' Wrap-up, next steps, and upcoming opportunities for learning and practicing Python An important step in doing data science is collecting data. The goal of this session will be to teach participants how to get data from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface public application programming interfaces] ("APIs") common to many social media and online communities. Although we will use the APIs provided by Wikipedia, Twitter, and Socrata in the session, the principles and techniques are common to many other online communities. <!-- An outline for the lecture can be found [[Community_Data_Science_Workshops_(Spring_2015)/Day_2_Lecture|here]], and some info about the projects can be found [[Community_Data_Science_Workshops_(Spring_2015)/Day_2_Projects|here]]. --> ;Projects * [[Community_Data_Science_Workshops_(Spring_2015)/Day_2_Projects/Twitter|Twitter]] * [[Community_Data_Science_Workshops_(Spring_2015)/Day_2_Projects/Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] * [[Community_Data_Science_Workshops_(Spring_2015)/Day_2_Projects/Socrata|Socrata (data.seattle.gov)]] '''Important Note:''' If you plan to attend the Twitter afternoon session, you need to complete the [[Twitter authentication setup]] ''before'' the afternoon setup on Saturday.
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