REST API: Data Extraction with Python – without Web Scraping

REST API: Data Extraction with Python – without Web Scraping, available at $39.99, has an average rating of 3.4, with 21 lectures, 1 quizzes, based on 50 reviews, and has 375 subscribers.

You will learn about Data Extraction with REST APIs and Python – no need for Web Scraping Using Postman to test API requests before writing your code Handling different types of authentication required by APIs Completing practical projects to extract currency exchange rates and business details and reviews using popular APIs Source codes (*.py files) for all Exercises can be downloaded Q&A board to send your questions and get them answered quickly This course is ideal for individuals who are Those who want to learn how to use REST APIs and Python for data extraction and automation. It is particularly useful for Those who want to learn how to use REST APIs and Python for data extraction and automation.

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Summary

Title: REST API: Data Extraction with Python – without Web Scraping

Price: $39.99

Average Rating: 3.4

Number of Lectures: 21

Number of Quizzes: 1

Number of Published Lectures: 21

Number of Published Quizzes: 1

Number of Curriculum Items: 25

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 25

Original Price: $89.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Data Extraction with REST APIs and Python – no need for Web Scraping
Using Postman to test API requests before writing your code
Handling different types of authentication required by APIs
Completing practical projects to extract currency exchange rates and business details and reviews using popular APIs
Source codes (*.py files) for all Exercises can be downloaded
Q&A board to send your questions and get them answered quickly

Who Should Attend

Those who want to learn how to use REST APIs and Python for data extraction and automation.

Target Audiences

Those who want to learn how to use REST APIs and Python for data extraction and automation.

Do you want to extract data from a website? Before using web scraping, you have to check first if this website has an API that gives you access to the data you need. There are several popular platforms that give developers access to their “web services”, also known as “APIs”. So using APIs is the official way for data extraction and doing other automation stuff allowed by such applications. You can even benefit from some APIs to build your own applications. If an API allows you to get the data you want to extract from a website, then you do not need regular web scraping.

REST APIs usually generate output in JSON or XML format because most of programming languages can handle these formats easily. In fact, JSON is very similar to data types in programming languages; for example, it is very similar to Python dictionaries.

Some APIs require authentication to control their usage, using an API Key or Client ID and Client Secret, similar to a username and password, so to speak.

In this course, you will start by learning how to extract data using a very simple currency rate conversion API that does not require any authentication but it will teach you the fundamentals of using REST APIs. After that, you will study more advanced video tutorials on sophisticated APIs such as Yelp and Google Places. You will also learn how to use the REST API client, Postman, to test an API before writing your code.

By the end of this course, you will not only be able to apply the given practical examples, but you will also be able to apply the same fundamentals you learned to any other REST API to extract the data you need from popular websites. So let’s start.

Course Contributors,special thanks to:

Majid Alizadeh (Coding & Instructions)
Michael Bukachi (Coding & Instructions)
Yasmin Moslem (Coding & Instructions)
Yusuf Yurtsever (Video Creation & Narration)

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Currency Exchange API – Extract Rates

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: REST API URL & Extracting Data from JSON

Lecture 3: Using API Parameters

Lecture 4: Simple Currency Converter with Python

Lecture 5: API with Access Key – Fixer.io

Lecture 6: Tip: Saving Data to a File

Lecture 7: Source Code: Currency Exchange REST APIs

Chapter 2: Postman REST API Client

Lecture 1: Test REST API Requests with Postman

Chapter 3: Yelp API – Extract Business Details & Reviews

Lecture 1: Business Search with Yelp API

Lecture 2: Business Reviews, Phone Search & Business Match with Yelp API

Lecture 3: Project, p1: Extract Details of Bookstores in New York City with Yelp API

Lecture 4: Project, p1: Extract Reviews of Bookstores in New York City with Yelp API

Lecture 5: Source Code: Yelp API

Chapter 4: Try it Yourself!

Chapter 5: Google Places API – Extract Business Details & Reviews

Lecture 1: Get Google Places API Key & Create a Search Places by Coordinate Function

Lecture 2: Google Places Types

Lecture 3: Create a Get Place Details Function

Lecture 4: Project: Extract Place Details & Reviews – Search with GPS Coordinates & Type

Lecture 5: Project, p2: Extract Place Details with Google Places API

Lecture 6: Project, p3: Extract Place Reviews with Google Places API

Lecture 7: Google Places Limitations

Lecture 8: Source Code: Google Places API

Instructors

GoTrained Academy
eLearning Professionals

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 2 votes
2 stars: 2 votes
3 stars: 13 votes
4 stars: 19 votes
5 stars: 14 votes

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