adyork/intro-to-apis-taxamatch: Intro to APIs: Case study to match taxonomic names in Python

This release is for the lesson materials at the time it was taught on 2021-10-26 from the lesson site:

https://adyork.github.io/intro-to-apis-taxamatch

Workshop Info:

Intro to APIs: Case study to match taxonomic names in Python Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Online

October 26, 2021

8:30 - 12:30 EST

Instructors: Amber York
Helpers: Karen Soenen, Stace Beaulieu, Andrew Reed, Brett Longworth, Ariel Vardi-Chouchana

Learn about APIs to tap into data sources! Do you want to learn how to pull from existing data sources to accelerate your own research and development? Let's learn how to do that with APIs. We will de-mystify terms commonly thrown around with APIs like REST and cover practical examples of interacting with APIs.

This is a 4 hour workshop tailored to the ocean sciences. We will cover that basics of what APIs are, common types you will encounter, and how to use these communication tools to pull from data sources. We will learn how to use APIs to make requests, get responses in a variety of ways (web browser, command line, programs (e.g. python).