Questions tagged [api]
For questions related to application programming interfaces. Use 'api-request' instead if you're looking for an API that provides specific open data.
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package_search query parameters includes both keywords and tags
When I queried a data catalog using GUI
https://data.noaa.gov/dataset/?q=fish&tags=California&sort=score+desc%2C+metadata_modified+desc
it fetched 42 records.
I wanted to implement the ...
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Telecom Services Database
Does anyone know where can I find the datasets for Telecom Services like below
Fixed line voice
IP voice services
Internet access services
Ethernet services
Private IP services
Very-high bandwidth ...
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Missing ACS Variables
Looks like a range of ACS variables regarding housing are missing for the ACS:
B06013_001E
BO6013_002E
BO6013_003E
BO6013_004E
and others in this group as well.
What is one to do when they are ...
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How to Format API Requests to Loop through All Tracts in a County
I wrote this code to get specific ACS data for a set of years for all the tracts in Wake County (id 37187) in the state of North Carolina. I've read the census example of how to format the code to get ...
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State Area for 2010 Census AREALAND variable not found
I was following this tutorial for requesting from the 2010 Decennial Census. It specifies the following code for printing a list of state names ("NAME"), state areas ("AREALAND"), and state total ...
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MAUDE data frontend vs API
I am trying to use the openfda API to get a view of the data in the front end.
This is an example of a front end search:
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfMAUDE/detail.cfm?...
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API for German Air Quality Data
The German „Environmental Protection Agency“ (Umweltbundesamt) provides air quality data for Germany on its webpage and it is also possible to download data as CSV. However, as far as I know, there is ...
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USGS 3DEP DEM, what is an AWS “Staged Product”? Can I access “Staged Product” data over S3?
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has available as part of the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) a 1-arcsecond Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of the conterminous United States (CONUS) — see 3DEP DEM....
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Real-time vehicle fleet position data, United Kingdom
I am a software developer. I want to advertise that I can build vehicle tracking apps. To that end, I will place a live demo on my web page.
I am looking for an API which I can query every 5 seconds ...
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Where can i get an API of all oil & gas wells in America?
I am looking for an API for oil and gas wells, including their name and location. I know each state has has this data for download but is there an API out there?
I know of some but they are at least $...
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What characters are allowed in the search parameter of the NDC OpenFDA API request?
I'm having an issue where the NDC API returns errors when special characters are submitted in the search parameter.
I working on a product that contains a search box that allows the user to lookup ...
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LCA API Download access
Is there an API for LAC applications that my company can access to download LAC applications? We currently use the website to logon and manual download the LAC applications
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Syntax error when the developer friendly name starts with a number
I’m having an issue with this line –
obj.results[0][2017].admissions.sat_scores.25th_percentile.math
It’s giving me a syntax error. I’m using Javascript and it seems to be having a problem with the ...
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How do I access the admissions data from College Scorecard?
I think my api formatting is off, but I keep getting errors from:
https://api.data.gov/ed/collegescorecard/v1/schools?fields=admissions.sat_scores&api_key=redacted
the error is {"errors":[{"...
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Query Open FDA for application_number, ndc, and rxcui
My apologies if this has been asked: I am new to using OpenFDA and am trying to query the database to obtain a list of the ndc and rxcui associated with a particular application numbers appearing in ...
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Exercise Muscle Group Database / API
Im looking for a database or API where I can pull the affected muscle groups for a given exercise, preferably with a score for each group indicating how much its impacted by the exercise. Any help or ...
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How to download data more than limit of option “limit” and “skip”
I am using this api https://api.fda.gov/drug/ndc.json. But as per limitation, we can't pass limit more than 100 and value for Skip is 25000.
But in the data, if we have more than 100K + record. How ...
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Is there any API which can provide information on different animal species
I am working on a project (not a programming project) where we require a lot of information about different species such as average weight, lifespan, height, population numbers, endangered status etc.
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403 Forbidden accessing OSHA violations (X-API-KEY in header)
X-API-KEY with key value in header of a request to https://data.dol.gov/get/violation, but still receiving 403 Forbidden "Invalid API Key" error. Is anything missing/incorrect in this request? Any ...
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Is there an alternative to Google Maps to find GPS coordinates of a place in Germany?
For probably any place on Earth, you can search it in Google Maps, make right-click, pick the option "What's here" and you get GPS coordinates.
If I don't want to use Google Maps API, is there an ...
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Why is opencorporates considered open data when nothing can be downloaded?
I just discovered opencorporates.com, and they boast of being "open data" with these properties:
The database is not published
Downloading the data through the API 1 time in 1 year will cost around $...
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Looking for an API with average min / max temperatures per month for every country
I cannot find any open api data for the average minimum and maximum temperature on a monthly basis per country.
An example:
Country=Netherlands
Month=October
Min=5
Max=13
Any help would be greatly ...
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Error in fda_fetch: Too Many Requests (RFC 6585) (HTTP 429)
I am getting this error while having some tests with https://github.com/jonathanglevine/openfdashinyapps
What is the limit of requests per day?
If I provide account info with secret and token would I ...
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Frequently updating data for Singapore
This sounds vague, because it can have many, many possible answers (I hope), but I will accept any of them.
Basically, I want to demo a product, which has an eInk display (plus WiFi and BlueTooth), ...
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Ski resort's lifts status and trains length API
Im looking for API that contains Europe's ski resorts data that include lifts and trails status, max/min altitude, ski pass information etc.
this is the closest thing that i have found:
http://...
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API documentation still accurate?
My students and I are trying to access child labor statistics data from the Sweat and Toil dataset, with the endpoints as described on https://developer.dol.gov/others/sweat-and-toil/, and using the ...
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How to get the different plan prices according to house income from the finder api
How to get the different plan prices according to house hold income from the finder api
looks like I could not find an field name "HouseHold" in the schema.
https://finder.healthcare.gov/api/...
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Is there a place to pull satellite imagery based on latitude and longitude?
Is there a freely available service to call, via API, and pull satellite imagery using latitude and longitude coordinates? Something akin to Google Maps. It doesn't have to the latest image, just a ...
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Open data for software requirements
I'm looking for a plattform where I can receive machine readable requirements for an application like a cms (for example firstspirit):
Required memory
Required hard disk capacity (depending on number ...
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How to access data from catalog.data.gov using API's?
I am new to APIs and am having problems in accessing data from catalog.data.gov. I have successfully used the below code to search my dataset of interest, but can't figure out how I can fetch the data ...
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Are there any free news APIs? [duplicate]
Over the past few years, I have managed to find all sorts of excellent data sources across the web, almost always for free, including static data (e.g. .csv), but also plenty of free APIs, for example ...
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OpenFDA End Point Updates
With respect to the US Food and Drug Administration's API, I haven't seen the end points updated since 8/12/19. Did something change or is this common? I've noticed the end points refreshed fairly ...
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Free, Limitless GeoJSON APIs for nation shapes?
I am looking for some API endpoints that return GeoJSON shapes for each nation. I am not interested in downloading shapefiles. I need some lightweight (not super accurate) nation shapes for every ...
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Getting *current* members of US Congress via the GPO API?
The Government Printing Office API What's Available site links to the Congressional Directory, but the most recent CD available appears to be the 115th (2017-2018). Does anybody know if this is ...
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Drivers license and motor vehicle registration data for professional drivers
Is there a known API to pull driver's license data and MVR data for professional drivers, such as those working for freight forwarding companies?
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Why does the Census API not return fields/vars when it says it should?
I am trying to retrieve the unemployment data for various US metros. The fields I am interested in are:
DP03_0009E
DP03_0009M
DP03_0009PE
DP03_0009PM
I know these fields exist as I am to query the ...
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Where can I get a food ingredient database or API
I'm currently working on a project that requires the use of an ingredients database or API. In my app I have some strings and I want to know if that string is belongs to an ingredient name. I'm just ...
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ope8_id verse id in API request
I have a standing API query that has been using ope8_id for data requests, but recently it has stopped returning data; I was wondering if ope8_ids can no longer be used in requests or if the call has ...
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REST API for getting informations about celebrities
Is there any REST API that provides informations about "famous" people (Scientists, Writers, Philosophers, Politicians, ...) ?
In my case I need the following infos:
Photo,
Full Name
Born & ...
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Unexpected results from query
If I check the FDA's Drug Shortage page the first item on the list is a product with a generic name of: Abciximab (ReoPro) Injection. If I click on the link provided there is a column called ...
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Vessel/ais traffic data of the most congested areas of the world
For my research project, I need vessel traffic data of the most congested regions of the world for the past five years.
I searched for that data here but couldn't get what I wanted. So far I've found ...
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APIs / Services that can link product names to their UPC/SKU codes
I have an ever growing database of products that users on my site are entering themselves. The input form for users to submit their products (as part of a troubleshooter forum) is very quick to ...
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Free source of AIS data (API)
The automatic identification system (AIS) is an automatic tracking system that uses transponders on ships to locate them. There are also databases that provide information about the ship — size, type, ...
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Where can I get a list of new businesses that are created in the US? [duplicate]
I'm interested in new businesses in my area. Is there a way to get a list of new (physical) businesses that are created in my area, either as they open shop or ideally, even before? Any gov API that ...
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Typical Weather Averages by Lon/Lat
I would like to build a local dataset of monthly averages for rainfall, sunshine hours, temperate (C/F) for all the major cities of the world.
I have all the lon/lat's stored for all the cities I ...
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How to fetch data from open fda API with multiple query parameters using +AND+
I am using below API query to fetch recalls for food by city AND termination date range.
but it doesn't seem to work
https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=city:%22Westminster%22+AND+...
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Why does the data on website not match what is returned from the api
I am trying to get data similar to what is shown on https://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/default.htm using the api, but I am seeing a lot of discrepancies.
For example when I use the following api ...
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API to get Get UK street name from post code
I am looking for a simple, reliable and free (gratis) API which will return the corresponding UK street name for a UK postcode (preferably with no registration or key required).
Additional infos are ...
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HTTP Response Codes
For a data visualization, I'm looking for http response codes. There are many sources of this dataset, but I'm looking for
machine readable (JSON preferred)
reliably updated (so that my dataviz is ...
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Basic Use of openFDA Animal & Veterinary API
Will FDA be offering any additional training materials regarding use of its recently introduced openFDA Animal & Veterinary API? Although I've read the 'How to use the API' instructions, the ...
