API Strategy & Practice Conference: Government API Stuff

A micro and macro look at API projects at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Data.gov.

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1. Government API Stuff A Micro and Macro Look API Strategy & Practice Conference Nick Muerdter @nickblah 10/25/2013
2. Photo by Nationaal Archief! http://flickr.com/photos/nationaalarchief/6800869945!
4. DATA.GOV
6. What APIs? A couple examples
7. Alternative Fuel Stations Photo by Mark! http://flickr.com/photos/44580780@N05/6644591605!
8. PVWatts Photo by kathy! http://flickr.com/photos/nowpicnic/2416298485!
9. Photo by Lisa Bunchofpants! http://flickr.com/photos/bunchofpants/225678136!
10. It’s not just data Photo by aNto! http://flickr.com/photos/dia-a-dia/7046151669!
11. We aim to serve Photo by Denis De Mesmaeker! http://flickr.com/photos/2ni/5710697010!
12. Calculations, algorithms, models Photo by ajmexico! http://flickr.com/photos/ajmexico/3281142129!
13. Why APIs?
14. You
15. We Eat Dogfood Photo by Robert S. Donovan! http://flickr.com/photos/booleansplit/2447000009!
16. Strategy, and, um, Practice!
17. Photo by Rubén Bodewig! http://flickr.com/photos/rubodewig/5161937181!
18. Users Don’t Care Photo by National Media Museum! http://flickr.com/photos/nationalmediamuseum/3589381656!
19. Photo by mike! http://flickr.com/photos/mlcastle/3151469713!
20. Centralized API Management •  Documentation •  API keys •  Access control •  Analytics •  Rate limiting •  Caching •  etc.
21. This was 4 years ago Photo by Lord Jim! http://flickr.com/photos/lord-jim/2246158924!
22. API Umbrella Photo by Peter Roome! http://www.flickr.com/photos/roome/515419918!
23. Segue! Photo by Viewminder! http://flickr.com/photos/light_seeker/5723941095!
24. DATA.GOV
25. API.DATA.GOV Pilot Project
26. API Management Option For Federal Agencies
27. Lower The Barriers Photo by judy_and_ed! http://flickr.com/photos/65924740@N00/6550996257!
28. API Keys Photo by Rachel! http://flickr.com/photos/rachelpasch/2480941823!
29. Documentation Photo by Thana Thaweeskulchai! http://flickr.com/photos/sparkieblues/3971994034!
30. Analytics Photo by Smithsonian Institution! http://flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/8361432443!
31. Caveat: There’s much more data.gov/developers
32. Get Involved Make Requests Provide Feedback
33. Photo by The Happy Rower! http://flickr.com/photos/thehappyrower/3906993804!
34. github.com/NREL/api-umbrella api.data.gov developer.nrel.gov @nickblah nick.muerdter@nrel.gov Thanks!