Harnessing Social Data

Question 1

API

Answer 1

API is the medium that allows the exchange of data points between a service and the programmer or user.

Question 2

Different type of API

Answer 2

RESTful API: static, historical data

Stream API: real-time data

Question 3

RESTful API

Answer 3

Representational State Transfer
relies on HTTP protocol for data transfer between machines
Two of the most important uses of RESTful services are:
1. get: procedure to receive data from a distant machine
2. post: procedure to write data to a distant machine

Question 4

Stream API

Answer 4

collect real-time data from Twitter

Question 5

API authentication models

Answer 5

User authentication

Application authentication

Question 6

Twitter APIs

Answer 6

Twitter proposes three main APIs: the REST API, Streaming API, the Ads API