Event: Gathering Data From the Web Using APIs

Friday, September 11, 2026

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

246 Hesburgh Library, Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship

Learn how to use APIs to harvest information from the Internet.

An API (Application Programming Interface) is a tool that lets computers communicate with each other to perform various tasks, such as data collection. Users can take advantage of APIs to capture information systemically from the web, in ways that would be difficult or impossible to do from just a website. Workshop participants will learn the basic tools and methods for using APIs to gather data from various fields of interest, including sports and art.

This workshop is beginner-friendly but designed for those who want to build data collection skills for more advanced data analysis projects. Please bring your own laptop.

Open to Graduate Students, Undergraduates, Faculty, Staff, Postdocs

Event: Gathering Data From the Web Using APIs
Contact Info

Daniel Johnson

Interim Co-Department Head, Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship; English, Digital Humanities, and Film, Television, & Theatre Librarian

(574) 631-3457

djohns27@nd.edu

250C Navari Center for Digital Scholarship

A photograph of Daniel Johnson who is a Interim Co-Department Head, Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship; English, Digital Humanities, and Film, Television, & Theatre Librarian  at the Hesburgh Libraries
Hesburgh Library Second Floor