Block 59: API + pandas Mini-Dashboard
Build a small pipeline from API → DataFrame → charts.
Concepts
- Combining requests + pandas + matplotlib/seaborn
- Creating a summary table and 2 plots from live data
- Saving to CSV and PNG
Code Examples
See exercise below.
Exercise
Fetch weather data or COVID stats from a public API. Build a DataFrame. Plot daily trend and a bar chart of top 5 values. Export the report as a CSV + two PNG charts.
Homework
What improvements would make this pipeline 'production-ready'? List 3 enhancements.