fec-api-workshop.md

Intro to APIs at the FEC - May 2, 2016

An introduction to working with URLs, JSON, APIs, and open data -- without writing any code.

You will need

• A recent version of Firefox or Chrome.
• An extension installed for Firefox or Chrome to view JSON in your browser
  • Firefox: bit.ly/json-firefox
  • Chrome: bit.ly/json-chrome
  • Install beforehand.
• An API key: https://api.data.gov/signup/

Links that will come up

• Flickr: flickr.com/search
• Example JSON: congress.api.sunlightfoundation.com
• GSA's Data Catalog: gsa.gov/data.json
• GSA's list of .gov domains: catalog.data.gov/dataset/gov-domains-api-c9856
• JSON -> CSV converter: konklone.io/json/
• analytics.usa.gov
• pulse.cio.gov

Contact info

Eric Mill, eric.mill@gsa.gov