Using R to Orchestrate APIs – Hands-on

using An API Of Ice And Fire

library(jsonlite)

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Hands-on Part I

• Using the OMDb API
  • Practice geting and parsing information about your favorite movie

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Hands-on Part II

• Familiarize yourself with the API Of Ice And Fire – http://anapioficeandfire.com/
  • The first page has practice queries
  • There is a documentation section at the iceandfire site
  • Answers to the questions below can be found in the answers.Rmd file or at http://libjohn.github.io/rcs2017/answers.nb.html
• Answers

1. What is the title of book10?
2. How many pages in book10?
3. How many characters in book 10?

Bonus Round

1. How many different publishers are there?
2. How many books did each publisher publish?
3. List each book with it’s publisher