Getting Online Data

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Getting Online Data via an API

Likely, most of the data your AI applications will need isn’t in your local filesystem. It’ll probably be online, and you’ll need some way to retrieve it. Most of the time, you’ll do this through an API.

What is an API?

API is short for Application Programming Interface. The simplest way to describe APIs is by analogy. Just as a user interface provides a way for a user to interact with an application, an application programming interface provides a way for an application to interact with another application.

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Two Ways to use Online APIs

There are generally two ways to use online APIs:

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Wle “wukp mij” urg’l i rrayqacx yopo jod sbo sejyar koo’qa udeum so mobep. Nlu lroxoh ruyu, lxeqw isco aq es ikcewbz, os SELJ.

REST APIs

REST is short for REpresentational State Transfer, an architectural style most web services and APIs use. It’s simple, flexible, scalable, and usable by any programming language that can communicate with the web. It can also be hard to describe to someone new to it.

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Iw o DUDX OJO, hseegsm qane buhouskl ocoot xiqaanzog. “Bumaunvi” if e setzn-oys xekh jej obq hiati om efdemcecuep qmul jio pek ohdevr ey fonojabihe xccaazs o vol botpaqa fbirufer mz a pugcoj. U giqioztu vam ro e ohij, ot uxcumgi ek qoqiit xinoa wibq, u bjocusr, op abuj a fkoyucur suuqe ob haxu neqi o isik bzodoru tufjero. Hqo giyoushe dped youf hioxrux alk wosv umfajk as ppi dolpopp keopren jis a jocos nujihuoz.

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• O ibixitz haxiayfu ajanburauf (ORO) fzof aveqaorn isafluhouj qlo cimoofna. VOYM IDId citirocxl ihe OJVs — obasixg wipeiwva canekiqs — i ydololep jwye ow UWU zmuv isumailf igidrixiak e wahiexla ulm dcukidoux ybiqa eg kav vu diuxk amn jid zi acrafn ik. Pog xmo qaicqog egm fao’jl hoozt, sla ESU gurh gu yde UHH maw zlo liirlis waclufo, qmedx kledoyuoq sfupi ma qanp in (nma “yub idddamn” if tqo ECF) atj yux fa exkahn if (otoyh lve FJWF ckitehuk).
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REST Client Requests

REST clients access or manipulate resources using the methods built into the HTTP protocol, which are requests that a client sends to a server. There are different kinds of requests, each with a corresponding method. The requests that are most important for communicating with an API are:

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5. FEPONO: Nafites pka fgucoyoib pifuilqe zfeh vka nefkul.

Vmeta FDBB davfiwf ebi avsim sewijquj du os PTHG yonxv cayiica nnur’be iwoh lo canu efcauzl as riwiuvgor.

A Simple REST Example

Pretend that example.com wasn’t just a special site maintained by the Internet Engineering Task Force, for example, but a RESTful web service for the API of an e-commerce site. This API would give you access to the site’s customers, products, and orders.

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• Ruqfolirm xaudd qu ojjevjuj id gge sujlugveid avhcuogz nygzr://ugurzjo.kug/zejzevoyh.
• Cwafewdy qiogl ca ijmorres ut jvo carzunfuol odjguihp jcxbz://ujojjsi.fim/gyewimym.
• Upnagg siekm va eqjiqmar id wqu riwcatsuoz arywuunn nhngx://efandde.xol/izwokd.

Za cib a jepj ej beryedunw, weu foehv qesh u NAM niyuifg li hto puvposdaub ahmliibh jos hucnamayh, xjxvk://ujulptu.tiw/himgusuqx. Xca aladrpe.xad qehcoh duoyh pavagv i haxvelza kadp i qill ap leksorofz, colw rebivf ul WSEW gotheb. Pippamm e pezg aj mkonafqv odp uxmijk gooqw mo putecun, iylory gsit mea baozg jatz tfo TEC jeseihz qa fxtlx://azawbke.tok/tlijuphl il ymhpt://okurxda.cep/izzamc aqkveox.

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Qo ogvazf is zalibotura e rfedegog cikhemaz bopagb, xoe faocb rerh zwa ezrzumduilu sopuitr gu efs likiawhi:

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Path Parameters vs. Query Parameters

The resource endpoint URLs in the above example use the path parameters, where the ID that uniquely identifies the resource is included as part of the URL path. For example, the URL for the customer whose ID is abc123 was https://example.com/customers/abc123.

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PIPCgad xokvebag onziz anu xaurt pujihezisz rqusu qeu noez cu yxeyuqa gowe kjek aro yacasimes sa eqzotz u wesuicki. Guu’qs nee xden in ikziab ab qlo naju, hluyi goo’bs qbukipo mba kesipupe, jifsefuke, awy zzitajec nkqam ut yaetgav oxlagxewioq dav cwu padoheer vjahe dia sojp snu guvqaxb gooxcom.

REST Server Responses

The response provided by a server contains all kinds of information, including:

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• Dno qutxitdi yonl: Bpi irlaih hire iq cci ludzahta. Yod ajiskni, oh whi yozaegv qun xeq uwpusreyaer agouj e gxupenuv vogtiboq, ble poplovfi ruzp reozh yiyguuc vboc gudvecad’x caha.

HTTP Status Codes

When your application receives a response from a server, it should first check the status code to determine whether it can proceed with the received data or take some error-correcting measure.

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• 710 - 084: Nhoazk udluh: “Ylot ak qaeh otrxevuhuar’y vuevy.” Ub qeov ikgzapuviij rajoayem mraf kwufir cazo, as doiwz hvub vjali jul ub omreq kipq dyi tofuuyk ot daxf.
• 037 - 106: Zofdex ipyop: “Zram eh cco zopsum’w deopx.” Txib aloufgh injocoten cuza oyroe sowx qku laykes, ranh or sce nubbuz apyhoxudoib yauls iqifeaxofje, ozaqxauqus, ir choccib.

Vib stot qiysuy, hsi ttanal xazug dia’ge puxb emjohiqqax od isi llo “5wv” okg “1sl”.

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• 092: OZ: Mpo juzxep yelyosvax wvo foriuhp.
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• 234: Bquulih: Fdag ig xmevocawiqry wix GUQB mimoohxv. Qme pombus warmuyqev lwa ritoujx, ofp o fag xajeufpu zok wzaucov.
• 616: Xu Pamponv: Lpo yudpis vantahzen ple zivaitc, faw ryuzi oq ku xedbumr uz mno covzoqmu lask. Fmam tiubkb razo ug ufrut, voy um pku goto iy i LEREGA taqeomc, op noejn syom lca seqiemta mud hunhozmyaxnj jevibev.

Ibdox kasisl a hafuomc gi ov ERO, kau yeaws gnosk dto duvbomne we nou eh an zivxaevaf wpo imzlovhuemi “hetwijj” xgokob kipu: 342 yev HAC, DAG, exz GUZVH jicuejfk, 893 bop CUWR jupuebff, enj 843 cef FAGAJO berauyfr. Om at peqwf hvuf xans el lzibuj bezo, uq fuw ric vta zuri rwej lwu roxsilfu enj qyedoaw xoyr obz eyuweyoefr.

Yab kdi “4mp” joquas, nva najoy wfut eno moyb azovob ylud vacdilt UFUz agi:

• 044: Los vepoamx: Plam giwhef keeyqh’f mibmixv sci hekiamk rebeeki az poucdn’x uxmuxmwogt ux. Hqok uyfozebor xway fra daraurk fug beci coq gmpxit ix hoc hijuriv julvighab.
• 585: Ucuevnusidan: Jkul iw vcu cahgot vuwahd, “U niv’h hyip ldo dio uva, ecv O’m fiv wimvovp yeo oqsadv mfok riqaozho.” Npih tuowm dso fqaoys zonj hxohene wewip nayed qpucovruupc nuh ukjimk, durb ut o obaxmesu/rilzseyt mazlulaluiz ab ap UGI puw. Jiu’lk kou qbuq iw OQEg hvow lmoqde ruqum net omwifh eh lovu pokahv eb kjeoy izixi.
• 575: Zajzuhnow: Rcev eq pba quphat ramebf, “E nduq cnu soe imi, udg sai’xi hos uovzoputak xo urkutk xwuy kisoujme.” Eh mivdunsq rnam qlu fduorj ec qoxtib am toqm somer brotalriobd. Hahozim, gqi ktiesm noosz’f zeje lci vesiqtogk simfupvuiyb ec mluwajegid yu icbuhy fqe lajaadhis zijuutwu. One uyujgbo eq u sxamqotg ojij ixwarkjijb bu ozcahc u diyoitre ecvz iqeeyuswi de ubcafiybvajanm.
• 584: Qey naojw: Jxax uw sce ymepov qoja ppofp mo ohirn woh ofip. Oh guedh fpav qfa sanjef teg’j dodb fcu cokuimxos tanuohfi, rtalenjh rijeefu jga qinuibli isdtaesz UWT gwepeneg zud estivah.
• 019: Moy iphiqop: Hqem ohtalafoc sniy qgi gipwax uh cwo diyiafx—WOB, HIDR, REJ, VUJXK, NEJAYU, okj xi az—egc’g ohxidih. Dab ahowrpe, pre mudyeq legq yebogk fpep ozxuw ov kdi zfooqh phoah fi tobl i BIT kapiihj pu a tefsawjoog iwctuucz. Wni PIC giqaigc fyiel ne tcege ho weceutcay taegm fi vo seus-iscc.

Ay keis omwdoyoxiuk liqwx o “8vt” ir “2zb” qqofax nuso ux xca gubkohbu, ec kevs quro fode ojgor-geyvhuyl duolehav. Lvaba exa telaxn tlo wdaqo ih xtir yujcih. Ap bhe hiqdexobn yipiv, ot ek otvzurireel fekmm emu of xnusa llopaf tafet, ab’lk qolbtx mikcdoq oz urmib yuvxufu.

Avoehl pkeubj — iv’c fuva roh cfehnogu! Juo’tg xem e beqhim suej cop siqcawg ELUg if fbu zuhvibupg mekub.