Block 60: Mini-Project: API-Based Mini Dataset
Complete end-to-end project: fetch → clean → analyze → visualize.
Concepts
- Designing a project with a clear question
- Multi-step data pipeline
- Presenting findings clearly
Code Examples
See exercise below.
Exercise
Choose one public API (e.g., OpenWeatherMap, REST Countries, NASA APOD). Fetch at least 50 records. Clean, store to CSV, compute 3 statistics, and produce 2 charts. Write a 3-sentence 'finding' section in your notebook. Bonus: wrap your entire pipeline into one function run_pipeline() that can be re-run.
Homework
Reflection: List 3 real-world datasets you could analyze with APIs + pandas that would be personally meaningful to you.