A gentle introduction to APIs for humanities and social science researchers.

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Abstract

Researchers use data from online sources to investigate questions about social attitudes, trends and fashions, consumer behavior, political deliberations, social interactions, interpersonal relationships, and many other social phenomena. APIs (otherwise known as Application Programming Interface) provide data in a digital format that computers can understand and use.

Date
Jul 25, 2020 12:00 AM