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10.5: Working with APIs in Javascript - p5.js Tutorial

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This video demonstrates how to work with an API. The example uses open weather map. How do you form an API query? How do you get an API key? How do you use the JSON data the API sends you back? Oh, and what is an API? All examples: https://github.com/shiffman/Video-Lesson-Materials Contact: https://twitter.com/shiffman Next video: https://youtu.be/4UoUqnjUC2c JavaScript basics: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6Zy51Q-x9tMWIv9cueOFTFA HTML/CSS basics: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6bI1SlcCRfLH79HZrFAtBvX Full Data playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6a-SQiI4RtIwuOrLJGnel0r Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/QbuE/ 📄 Code of Conduct: https://github.com/CodingTrain/Code-of-Conduct

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874.704, 'duration': 5.963}, {'end': 885.97, 'text': 'And hopefully this was helpful to you with the sort of very basics and beginning steps of starting to work with APIs.', 'start': 880.687, 'duration': 5.283}, {'end': 888.452, 'text': 'Thanks for watching.', 'start': 887.631, 'duration': 0.821}, {'end': 894.8, 'text': "And I've got a lot more data and API videos that I intend to make.", 'start': 889.514, 'duration': 5.286}, {'end': 899.626, 'text': "I've made a bunch today that you're seeing now.", 'start': 896.943, 'duration': 2.683}, {'end': 902.049, 'text': "And if you're watching this in the future, you'll see the next ones.", 'start': 899.686, 'duration': 2.363}], 'summary': 'Exercise: sign up for openweathermap api, load data, draw based on it, make api call flexible for different cities. basic steps to work with apis.', 'duration': 44.213, 'max_score': 857.836, 'thumbnail': 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humidity.', 'The instructor encourages viewers to sign up for OpenWeatherMap or another API, load data, and attempt to make API calls for different cities, suggesting flexibility in handling multiple API calls for different cities as an advanced exercise.', 'The instructor mentions the intention to create more data and API videos in the future, providing a glimpse into upcoming content and the anticipated timeline for release.']}], 'duration': 243.937, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/ecT42O6I_WI/pics/ecT42O6I_WI667504.jpg', 'highlights': ['The process of changing the units to metric and refreshing the page resulted in the temperature being displayed as 13.57 Celsius, indicating the successful conversion.', "The speaker successfully retrieved the temperature data using a URL and integrated it into a p5 sketch by using the 'load JSON' function and verifying its functionality by printing the data, showcasing practical application and problem-solving skills.", 'The speaker also mentioned the consideration of using JSONP if the initial method did not yield the expected results, indicating the ability to adapt and troubleshoot in different scenarios.', 'The chapter illustrates drawing circles based on temperature and humidity data from the weather API, with one circle representing temperature and the other representing humidity.', 'The instructor encourages viewers to sign up for OpenWeatherMap or another API, load data, and attempt to make API calls for different cities, suggesting flexibility in handling multiple API calls for different cities as an advanced exercise.', 'The instructor mentions the intention to create more data and API videos in the future, providing a glimpse into upcoming content and the anticipated timeline for release.']}], 'highlights': ['The process of finding and using data from an API, particularly open weather data, is discussed, emphasizing the familiarity and ease of understanding of 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