4.5.APIs, and Data Collection - sj50179/IBM-Data-Science-Professional-Certificate GitHub Wiki

This module delves into the unique ways to collect data by the use of APIs and webscraping. It further explores data collection by explaining how to read and collect data when dealing with different file formats.

Learning Objectives

• Explain how the URL Request Response HTTP protocol works.
• Explain the use of the HTTP protocol using the Requests Library method.
• Practice the basicsof webscraping in JupyterLab.
• Practice working with different file formats in JupyterLab.
• Work with different file formats

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• Simple APIs
• Hands-On Lab: Introduction to API

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• REST APIs & HTTP Requests
• Hands-on Lab: Access REST APIs & Request HTTP
• Webscraping
• Hands-on Lab: Webscraping
• Working with different file formats (csv, xml, json, xlsx)
• Hands-on Lab: Working with different file formats
• Practice Quiz & Graded Quiz: REST APIs, Webscraping, and Working with Files