Introduction to APIs

This workshop is associated with the Data Den Workshop Series in Mann Library. Fall 2025 description about Data Den Workshop Series This workshop will be held in Mann Library 102 Conference Room APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) are tools that make it possible to pull information from services like Google and OpenAI without having to search manually. In this beginner-friendly workshop, you’ll learn how to use the Google Cloud and OpenAI APIs to run automated Google searches, send questions to tools like ChatGPT, collect the results, and organize them into a usable dataset. Familiarity with Python is encouraged but not required, and all code will be provided. Register Here Learning Objectives: Understand what APIs are and how they workCreate accounts and use API keysMake API requests in Python and store the responsesKnow when to use APIs instead of web scraping Pre requisites: Google Cloud Console AccountOpen AI Account Helpful Information: Python BasicsHow to run code in a jupyter notebook environmentInstructor: Jacob Grippin