def college_scorecard():
'''
Get a boatload of college information about some schools
Study the Data Dictionary here: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/assets/CollegeScorecardDataDictionary.xlsx
'''
URL = 'https://api.data.gov/ed/collegescorecard/v1/schools.json?school.degrees_awarded.predominant=2,3&fields=id,school.name,2013.student.size&api_key=pfJKDXPzTykVL73ehnPyY8pkDQLjfq5cz5LqCkl3'
response = requests.get(URL)
json_string = response.content
parsed_json = json.loads(json_string) # Now we have a python dictionary
dictionary_utilities.iterate_dictionary(parsed_json)
def get_art_info_from_smithsonian():
'''
Get information about a work of art. The work of art is identified by a uuid in the URL variable, below.
https://smithsonian.github.io/api-docs/#/SAAM
'''
URL = 'https://api.si.edu/saam/v1/artworks/dd19ac03-04e8-4d20-bfe9-ecfc238ebd54'
response = requests.get(
URL,
params={},
headers={'X-Api-Key': 'pfJKDXPzTykVL73ehnPyY8pkDQLjfq5cz5LqCkl3'})
json_string = response.content
parsed_json = json.loads(json_string) # Now we have a python dictionary
dictionary_utilities.iterate_dictionary(parsed_json)
def get_candidates():
'''
https://api.open.fec.gov/developers/#/candidate/get_candidate__candidate_id__
https://godoc.org/github.com/tmc/openfec
Also interesting: https://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/?tab=bulk-data
'''
URL = 'https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidates/?page=99'
response = requests.get(
URL,
params={},
headers={'X-Api-Key': 'pfJKDXPzTykVL73ehnPyY8pkDQLjfq5cz5LqCkl3'})
json_string = response.content
parsed_json = json.loads(json_string) # Now we have a python dictionary
# print (parsed_json)
results = parsed_json['results']
dictionary_utilities.iterate_dictionary(parsed_json)