APIs, Scraping, and Parsing

SOCI 3040 – Quantitative Research Methods

Class No.

14

Last Class or Next Class

  Reading Assignment

• Required: Ch 7
• Recommended: Ch 7

  Class / Lab Notes

In class activities focused on introducing basic knowledge of the web as a foundation for understanding APIs and scraping-based approaches to data collection. Used OpenAlex and The Guardian as example for APIs.