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Saturday, June 1 • 3:30pm - 4:45pm
Getting the data behind websites (and what are ‘undocumented APIs’?)

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Sometimes information on a website can be fetched as data directly without having to write complicated scrapers to turn it into data — you just need to know where to look. Undocumented APIs are databases that might be used by a website to put points on an interactive map, or deliver search results. In this session you will learn what they are, how to use the browser’s ‘inspector’ to find them, and how to get data out of them.

By the end of this session attendees should be able to: Understand what undocumented APIs are and where they can be useful journalistically; Use the browser’s inspector to identify undocumented APIs and — sometimes — fetch the data from it Convert JSON data from an undocumented API into a spreadsheet

No prior knowledge is required to attend, but a familiarity with spreadsheets is needed to deal with the results of the process.

You will need a laptop with Chrome or Firefox, as well as a Google Drive account.
Speakers
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Max Harlow

Financial Times
Max Harlow works on the visual and data journalism team at the Financial Times, focusing on investigations. He also runs Journocoders, a group for journalists to develop technical skills for use in their reporting.
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Paul Bradshaw

Journalist and Academic, BBC/Birmingham City University
Paul Bradshaw runs the MA in Data Journalism at Birmingham City University and also works as a consulting data journalist with the BBC Shared Data Unit. A journalist, writer and trainer, he has worked with news organisations including The Guardian, Telegraph, Mirror, Der Tagesspi... Read More →

Saturday June 1, 2024 3:30pm - 4:45pm CEST
2.09
  Data skills, Hands-on
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