apifying the web with import.io (at apidays mediterranea)
Post on 13-Sep-2014
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Use the Web as a gigantic database: any website can be turned into an API using import.io, any website can be your data source.TRANSCRIPT
APIfying the WebWith import.io
{“Ignacio”: “Elola”}
there is a lot of data on the web
You can use APIs
You can use APIs
- Need a developer- Limited number of
APIs:-(
You can write a scraper
You can write a scraper
- Need a developer
- Require a lot of time
:-(
Imagine if...
You could turn any website
into an API
Turn any website into an API
Without writing any code In less than 4 min
Imagine if...
Imagine if... the web had structure
this is our web browser for data
extract data by point-and-click
extract data by point-and-click
extract data by point-and-click
extract data by point-and-click
extract data by point-and-click
record actions on a website
record actions on a website
record actions on a website
there is a crawler to get all data
search multiple sources in real time
and everything is available over API
The possibilities are endless
Data Viz
Jewel Loree (http://www.jewelloree.com/) from Tableau, create an API to extract data from a radio (KEXP) playlist
Data Viz
Machine Learning
We help our friends at BigMl to crawl etsy.com, so they could predict shop success
Machine Learning
Make an App
Graham Paterson (http://that-gift.co.uk/) create a mix of APIs to search for the perfect christmas gift
Make an App
APIs and data for everyone
http://import.io