Thank you Muhammad for your constructive guide, really appreciate the help provided! :)
Kind regards, RJ On Thursday, 21 January 2016 01:32:01 UTC, Muhammad wrote: > > Hi Rij, > > I would approach it like this (though there might be alternative routes to > the same results): > > First: Where is the data? > > According to your links, the various API endpoints are in the “results” > list of the JSON on http://data.london.gov.uk/api/3/action/package_list > > To get access data from a particular dataset/endpoint, you can “generate” > thus: > > 1. Go to http://data.london.gov.uk/api/3/action/package_list and grab a > dataset endpoint that interests you. I will choose the first one that comes > up: 19-year-olds-qualified-to-nvq-level-3 > > 2. “Generate” the API endpoint for this dataset by appending its URL to > http://data.london.gov.uk/api/3/action/package_show?id= (as per the > documentation). > > This will give you > http://data.london.gov.uk/api/3/action/package_show?id=19-year-olds-qualified-to-nvq-level-3 > for > this particular dataset. > > 3. Fetch the data from the API > There are many tools out there, but my favorite is Python-Requests. See > the docs at http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/ > > Now, in your Python program/Django models or views modules, do: > > import requests > > url = “ > http://data.london.gov.uk/api/3/action/package_show?id=19-year-olds-qualified-to-nvq-level-3 > ” > > response = requests.get(url) > > 4. Use the data as you see fit. The “response” object you (successfully) > get from the line above contains all the data you need from the dataset you > chose. See the Python-Requests docs > for all the ways to extract that data. And, then pass that data onto > whatever other program, package or module you want to use to analyze or > graph the response data. Also see the data portal for all the ways you can > interact with their API. > > I hope this helps. All the best. > > Sincerely, > Muhammad > > On Jan 20, 2016, at 6:04 PM, Rij K <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm trying to implement data and graphs from "http://data.london.gov.uk/"; > into my website by using an API (http://data.london.gov.uk/developers/) > provided by them but I'm not too sure where to get started? > > Would anyone be up for giving me a hand with this? > > Many thanks. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/4ba0df59-5323-4400-8f81-f71e839bd0ed%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/4ba0df59-5323-4400-8f81-f71e839bd0ed%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/6a6aeda1-0bd6-49dc-8c14-17b96e5a7516%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
