Socrata API
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This API is best for easily connecting to and analyzing public data.
Using Socrata API, developers can easily access, curate, and transform public data quickly into custom datasets. This API can be used to quickly build customized applications integrated with the public datasets and applications. It also provides automated API management and integration with 3rd-party analytics tools, making data scientists and other researchers more productive.
Key features
- Socrata API provides fast access to structured data sets
- capabilities for creating custom datasets and tools for transform data
- integration with 3rd-party analytics tools
- customizable API endpoints
- and automated API management.
Potential use cases
- Real-time Traffic Research: Using Socrata API, developers can easily create applications to perform real-time traffic research using public data such as Department of Transportation data.
- Crime Reporting Applications: Developers can use the Socrata API to easily access and curate public datasets from crime records in order to create custom applications for reporting crimes in real-time.
- Public Utilities Price Comparison: Using the Socrata API, developers can easily access and curate public datasets to create applications to compare prices of public utilities amongst different financial regions.
I used the Socrata API to access and analyze public data quickly. With a few clicks, I was able to create custom datasets and use the offered tools to transform data easily. It was lightning fast and highly customizable which made my research a breeze!
Related Technologies
- Microsoft Azure Data Catalog
- OpenDataSoft
- and Data.world