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API Strategy & Practice Conference
October 25, 2013
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Government API Stuff - A micro and macro look
By Nick Muerdter @ API Strategy & Practice Conference
San Francisco, October 23-24-25, 2013
API Strategy & Practice Conference
October 25, 2013
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Transcript
Government API Stuff A Micro and Macro Look API Strategy
& Practice Conference Nick Muerdter @nickblah 10/25/2013
Photo by Nationaal Archief! http://flickr.com/photos/nationaalarchief/6800869945!
None
DATA.GOV
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What APIs? A couple examples
Alternative Fuel Stations Photo by Mark! http://flickr.com/photos/44580780@N05/6644591605!
PVWatts Photo by kathy! http://flickr.com/photos/nowpicnic/2416298485!
Photo by Lisa Bunchofpants! http://flickr.com/photos/bunchofpants/225678136!
It’s not just data Photo by aNto! http://flickr.com/photos/dia-a-dia/7046151669!
We aim to serve Photo by Denis De Mesmaeker! http://flickr.com/photos/2ni/5710697010!
Calculations, algorithms, models Photo by ajmexico! http://flickr.com/photos/ajmexico/3281142129!
Why APIs?
You
We Eat Dogfood Photo by Robert S. Donovan! http://flickr.com/photos/booleansplit/2447000009!
Strategy, and, um, Practice!
Photo by Rubén Bodewig! http://flickr.com/photos/rubodewig/5161937181!
Users Don’t Care Photo by National Media Museum! http://flickr.com/photos/nationalmediamuseum/3589381656!
Photo by mike! http://flickr.com/photos/mlcastle/3151469713!
Centralized API Management • Documentation • API keys • Access
control • Analytics • Rate limiting • Caching • etc.
This was 4 years ago Photo by Lord Jim! http://flickr.com/photos/lord-jim/2246158924!
API Umbrella Photo by Peter Roome! http://www.flickr.com/photos/roome/515419918!
Segue! Photo by Viewminder! http://flickr.com/photos/light_seeker/5723941095!
DATA.GOV
API.DATA.GOV Pilot Project
API Management Option For Federal Agencies
Lower The Barriers Photo by judy_and_ed! http://flickr.com/photos/65924740@N00/6550996257!
API Keys Photo by Rachel! http://flickr.com/photos/rachelpasch/2480941823!
Documentation Photo by Thana Thaweeskulchai! http://flickr.com/photos/sparkieblues/3971994034!
Analytics Photo by Smithsonian Institution! http://flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/8361432443!
Caveat: There’s much more data.gov/developers
Get Involved Make Requests Provide Feedback
Photo by The Happy Rower! http://flickr.com/photos/thehappyrower/3906993804!
github.com/NREL/api-umbrella api.data.gov developer.nrel.gov @nickblah
[email protected]
Thanks!