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How it works! 1’s and 0’s URL API Awesomeness XML, JSON, Whatever 1’s and 0’s

Anatomy of an API call The Base URL The Query The Key http: //BASEURL? query=QUERY&api-key=KEY

https: //chart. googleapis. com/chart? cht=<chart_type> &chd=<chart_data> &chs=<chart_size> &. . . additional_parameters. . . https: //chart. googleapis. com/chart? cht=p 3& chs=250 x 100& chd=t: 60, 40& chl=Hello|World If you want to try it out (reference): http: //code. google. com/apis/chart/image/

Rainfall data • Monday: 8 • Tuesday: 50 • Weds: 33 • Thursday: 55 reference: http: //code. google. com/apis/chart/image/

Rainfall data • Monday: 8 • Tuesday: 50 • Weds: 33 • Thursday: 55 https: //chart. googleapis. com/chart? cht=lc &chs=200 x 125 &chd=t: 8, 50, 33, 55

https: //code. google. com/apis/ajax/playground/

Get to know your Times API’s Internal NYTimes Data External data they’re hosting for fun • • • • Article Search API Most Popular API Movie Reviews API Times Newswire API Times. People API Times. Tags API Real Estate listings API Community API Best Sellers API Campaign Finance API Congress API Districts API NY State Legislature API

page More about queries! • Search terms q=puppies Begin date and end date q=puppies&begin_date=20110828 • Fields requested back q=puppies&fl=headline, date • Rank (the order) q=puppies&sort=oldest • page(what group of 10 we’re on) q=puppies&page = 3

http: //developers. nytimes. com/ Cheat sheet!!!11! http: //www. upables. org/APIClass/cheatsheet. html

Let’s give it a go! developer. nytimes. com/docs/read/article_search_api_v 2 Common returned Query items (fl =…) • web_url • Snippet • lead_paragraph • Abstract • print_page • Blog • Source • multimedia • • • Headline Keywords pub_date document_type news_desk Byline type_of_material _id word_count

{"response": {"meta": {"hits": 24226, "time": 303, "offset": 0}, "docs": [ {"headline": {"seo": "A Chicken Thighs Recipe With Mediterranean Flavor", "main": "A Chicken’s Tour of the Mediterranean", "content_kicker": "City Kitchen", "print_headline": "A Chicken’s Tour of the Mediterranean"} "byline": {"person": [{"organization": "", "role": "reported", "firstname": " David", "rank": 1, "lastname": "TANIS"}], "original": "By DAVID TANIS"}}, {"headline": {"seo": "Hamptons Chickens Get a Modern Coop by ARO Architects", "main": "The Eggs Are Happy, Too ", "content_kicker": "Q&A", "print_headline": "The Eggs Are Happy, Too"}, "byline": {"person": [{"organization": "", "role": "reported", "firstname": " Steven", "rank": 1, "lastname": "KURUTZ"}], "original": "By STEVEN KURUTZ"}}, ]}, "status": "OK", "copyright": "Copyright (c) 2013 The New York Times Company. All Rights Reserved. "}

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