Using Web Services

Web services allow a program to access data available in a different server.

• Videos

  • Web Services - Part 1 (2:49)
  • Web Services - XML - Part 2 (5:42)
  • Worked Example: XML (6:07)
  • Web Services - XML Schema - Part 3 (14:08)
  • Web Services - JSON - Part 4 (6:29)
  • Worked Example: JSON (5:51)
  • Discovering JSON - Douglas Crockford (7:08)
  • Web Services - SOA - Part 5 (2:02)
  • The JISC e-Framework (5:16)
  • Web Services - GeoJSON - Part 6 (8:46)
  • Worked Example: opengeo.py (20:09)

• Slides

  • Pythonlearn-13-WebServices.pptx

• References

  • Chapter 13: Python and Web Services
• Discussions:
  • Using Web Services (Login Required)
    
• Tools:
  • Autograder: Extracting Data from XML (Login Required)
    
  • Quiz: XML (Login Required)
    
  • Autograder: Extract Data from JSON (Login Required)
    
  • Quiz: JSON (Login Required)
    
  • Autograder: Using the GeoJSON API (Login Required)