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=== Goals === | === Goals === | ||
* Get set up to build datasets with the | * Get set up to build datasets with the Socrata API | ||
* Have fun collecting different types of data from data.seattle.gov | * Have fun collecting different types of data from data.seattle.gov | ||
* Practice reading and extending other people's code | * Practice reading and extending other people's code | ||
* Create a few collections of different types of data from Socrata that you can do research with in the final | * Create a few collections of different types of data from Socrata that you can do research with in the final section | ||
=== Download the Socrata project === | === Download and test the Socrata project === | ||
If you are confused by these steps, go back and refresh your memory with the [[Community Data Science Workshops ( | If you are confused by these steps, go back and refresh your memory with the [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2015)/Day 0 setup and tutorial|Day 0 setup and tutorial]] and [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2015)/Day 0 tutorial|Day 0 tutorial]] | ||
(Estimated time: 10 minutes) | (Estimated time: 10 minutes) | ||
=== | * [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2015)/Socrata project Windows setup|Windows]] | ||
* [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2015)/Socrata project OS X setup|OS X]] | |||
* [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2015)/Socrata project Linux setup|Linux]] | |||
=== Example topics to cover in Lecture === | |||
* explain Socrata open data platform, exists on other government websites | * explain Socrata open data platform, exists on other government websites | ||
* navigate to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php api page] and show the documentation, point out examples | * navigate to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php api page] and show the documentation, point out examples | ||
* introduce the [https:// | * introduce the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox API sandbox] as a tool for building queries | ||
* looking at the images within a page http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=Seattle&prop=images&imlimit=20&format=jsonfm | |||
* change the city with a custom URL | |||
* | * edit count http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=users&ususers=Benjamin_Mako_Hill|Jtmorgan|Sj|Mindspillage&usprop=editcount&format=jsonfm | ||
* | * get the content of the main page http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?format=json&action=query&titles=Main%20Page&prop=revisions&rvprop=content | ||
* | * example programs: [http://mako.cc/teaching/2014/cdsw-autumn/wikipedia-raw1-unicode-problems-example.py wikipedia-raw1-unicode-problems-example.py] (note: this is an example of Unicode problems when running this on Windows), [http://mako.cc/teaching/2014/cdsw-autumn/wikipedia-raw2-mudslide-edit.py wikipedia-raw2-mudslide-edit.py] | ||
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=== Resources === | === Resources === | ||
* [https:// | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query API documentation for the query module] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox API Sandbox] | |||
[ | * [[Sample API queries]] | ||
*[ | * Example that saves command-line output into a text file: <code>python wikipedia-raw2-mudslide-edit.py > OsoRevisionData.txt</code> | ||
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