Practice Accessing Apis (4.5) - Data Collection Techniques

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6 sample questions

Question 1.
What does API stand for?
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It's a communication method in software.
Question 2.
What data format do most APIs return?
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Think of a lightweight text format.
3Question 3.
What does API stand for?
- Application Programming Interface
- Advanced Program Interface
- Application Programming Interface
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The first word is 'Application'.
4Question 4.
True or False: An HTTP GET request is used to send data to the server.
- True
- False
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Think about what 'GET' means.
Question 5.
Select an API that requires an API key. Write a Python script to access the API and print the response data.
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Check their documentation for usage examples.
Question 6.
Using the requests library in Python, write a script that retrieves data from an API and converts it to a DataFrame, demonstrating error handling if the request fails.
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Remember to check the response's status code before converting.

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