Beyond downloading: Automating Data Retrieval with APIs and Web Scraping

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Beyond downloading: Automating Data Retrieval with APIs and Web Scraping Online

Brief description of training

Learn the background of APIs and the fundamentals of using them to enhance your data access abilities. We will also cover web scrapping including what it is, when to use it, and techniques that will limit headaches while performing these techniques.

Learning objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Access and import data using APIs
- Use web scrapping techniques to gather/access data not easily downloadable or embedded on a website

Date:: Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Time:: 10:00am - 11:30am
Time Zone:: Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Campus:: Medical School
Online:: This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
Categories:: Coding Data Datasets

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