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Data Insight Foundations: Step-by-Step Data Analysis with R
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Data Insight Foundations: Step-by-Step Data Analysis with R

by Nikita Tkachenko
March 2025
Beginner to intermediate
222 pages
5h 46m
English
Apress
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© Nikita Tkachenko 2025
N. TkachenkoData Insight Foundationshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0580-6_18

18. APIs

Nikita Tkachenko1  
(1)
San Francisco, CA, USA
 

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are essential tools for modern data analysis, allowing seamless interaction with servers to retrieve and manipulate data efficiently. In this chapter, we will cover the fundamentals of APIs, learn how to make simple API requests, and explore their application in R.

18.1 API Basics

What exactly is an API? Consider this analogy: when you enter a restaurant, you sit down and order food from the menu. You don’t go into the kitchen to instruct the chef—that would be chaotic and inefficient. Instead, your order is delivered by a waiter.

In this analogy, you’re ...

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