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Working with Simple APIs

BeginnerGuided Project

In this guided project, you will be introduced to the concept of Application Program Interface (API) ), which is a software intermediary that allows two applications to talk to each other.

Language

  • English

Topic

  • Computer Science & Information Technology

Enrollment Count

  • 1.32K

Skills You Will Learn

  • Python, API

Offered By

  • IBM

Estimated Effort

  • 25 min

Platform

  • SkillsNetwork

Last Update

  • May 1, 2024
About This Guided Project
About
You will get familiar and practice with two API examples: Random User and Fruitvice APIs. You will learn how to load and extract some information from these APIs. Additionally, you can practice working with any other API of your choice. An example, with guided steps on how to do it, is provided in this project. 

A Look at the Project Ahead
Once you have completed this project, you'll be able to: 

  • Load and use RandomUser API, using `RandomUser()` Python library
  • Load and use Fruitvice API, using `requests` Python library
  • Load and use any other, free, open-source API

What You'll Need
This course uses Python and JupyterLabs. Although these skills are recommended prerequisites, no prior experience is required as this Guided Project is designed for complete beginners.


Instructor

I am a Data Science Intern at IBM and a Masters student in Data Science and Analytics at University of Calgary, who enjoys travelling, learning new languages and cultures and loves spreading her passion for Data Science.

Instructors

Svitlana Kramar

Data Scientist

I’m a passionate data science educator whose goal is to learn by teaching innovative data science tools that can improve our day-to-day tasks and our quality of life. My interests are in Natural Language Processing: text classification, summarization, and generation. Research can take a long time because there are a lot of resources and new opinions posted every day. Having tools to summarize and extract the information can save a lot of time. I hope we can all learn, approve, and apply the data science tools to cut down on the repetitive and tedious tasks, to make more informed decisions in life, to differentiate fake from real, and to open communication spaces to language-diverse or hearing-impaired audiences. The applications are limitless! My personality: I am a foodie and I love cooking and learning different cuisines. I also love travelling and connecting with people by learning a little bit of their language, about their food and music. I hold Data Science and Analytics master’s degree, specializing in Machine Learning, from University of Calgary.

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