socrata govhack presentation
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GovHack 2014 Data Jam presentation from SocrataTRANSCRIPT
Seattle-based software-as-a-serviceprovider with a global presence
Founded in 2007
World-leader in open data and government performance management
We build software to make data more useful to more people to:
Improve citizen engagement Increase transparency Deliver data on easy to use APIs Make data-driven decisions
Socrata Overview
Open Data Customer Leadership
Worldwide Australia Federal State City City County
USAID Melbourne White House Hawaii Chicago New York San Mateo
World Bank Logan City Medicare California Seattle Las Vegas Cook
United Nations ACT HHS Texas San
Francisco Burlington King
Gates Foundation
NSW Education CDC Washington Los Angeles Somerville Montgomery
South America (1) Data.gov Maryland Edmonton Raleigh Alameda
Europe (7) CFPB Colorado Atlanta Nashville Prince George’s
Australia (4) EPA Indiana New Orleans Richmond Honolulu
Africa (3) Energy Star New York Dallas Cambridge Strathcona
Socrata Open Data API Endpoints
Located in the catalog Format: https://$domain
/resource/$identifier.$ext For more info:
dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
Simple Filter
/resource/abcd-1234.json?source=ConEd
For more info: dev.socrata.com/docs/filtering.html
SoQL Queries
/resource/4tka-6guv?$where=magnitude > 3.0
For more info: dev.socrata.com/docs/queries.html
Geo Queries
/resource/earthquakes.json?$where=within_circle(location, lat, long, distance)
For more info: dev.socrata.com/docs/datatypes/location.html
Application Tokens
Optional, however recommended for applications that will make a large number of calls
1 token can be used on all Socrata sites Register at http://dev.socrata.com/register
Include as: X-App-Token: $token HTTP Header or ... The $$app_token=$token parameter
Libraries & SDKs
dev.socrata.com/libraries/ Ruby, Scala, Java, Python, iOS, R, etc.
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