Datamob: datasets

Hunch API

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:22:47 -0500

RESTful API for programmatically accessing Hunch, a questions and answers service that harnesses collective knowledge to offer solutions to user-entered problems. Hunch is designed so that every time it's used, it learns something new. Query for questions, responses, topics, search results and categories as well as statistics pertaining to THAY (Teach Hunch About You) questions and responses. Returns results in JSON. API key required.

url: http://www.hunch.com/developers/

CorpWatch API

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:31:49 -0500

The CorpWatch API uses automated parsers to extract the subsidiary relationship information from Exhibit 21 of companies' 10-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, providing a free, well-structured interface for programs to query and process the data. By Skye Bender-deMoll and Greg Michalec.

A project of CorpWatch, funded by a grant from the Sunlight Foundation.

url: http://api.corpwatch.org/

New York City Subway Ridership, 1905-2006

Mon, 18 May 2009 19:28:57 -0500

Download a spreadsheet containing the annual registrations, or recorded entries, at each station in the New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority subway system from 1905-2006. Posted by Michael Frumin.

url: http://frumin.net/ation/2009/05/spark_it_up.html

White House 2 API

Sun, 10 May 2009 18:21:22 -0500

Get XML feeds of the priorities suggested for President Obama by users of White House 2. The API is not fully documented but can be accessed by appending .xml to most pages on White House 2.

url: http://feedback.whitehouse2.org/pages/4667-make-white-house-2-awesome

Unofficial Chicago Transit Authority API

Sun, 10 May 2009 12:19:33 -0500

An unofficial, RESTful API for the Chicago Transit Authority. Get data for bus locations and routes. Results returned in XML. By Harper Reed.

url: http://chicagowiki.transitapi.com/Home

Etsy API

Sun, 10 May 2009 09:17:05 -0500

RESTful API for programmatically accessing Etsy, a global handmade marketplace. Provides access to data on users, shops, item listings, feedback, tags and categories, favorites and gift guides. Returns results in JSON. API key required.

Review the Etsy API Terms of Use.

url: http://developer.etsy.com

The New York Times Best Sellers API

Sat, 09 May 2009 19:56:51 -0500

Access data from all New York Times best-seller lists including rank history for specific best sellers. Four request types are available: get a best-seller list, search best-seller lists, get the history of a best seller and get the names of Times best-seller lists.

url: http://developer.nytimes.com/docs/best_sellers_api

Party Time Data Pack

Sat, 09 May 2009 18:41:13 -0500

Download a CSV of the data powering Party Time, the Sunlight Foundation's political partying database which tracks parties for members of Congress and congressional candidates.

url: http://politicalpartytime.org/data/all/

thingISBN

Sat, 09 May 2009 11:31:35 -0500

thingISBN is a simple API for discovering related editions from LibraryThing, which calls it a tool for "edition disambiguation." Give it an ISBN and it returns a list of other ISBNs—different formats, translations, and more in XML.

The entire dataset is also available in one feed at http://www.librarything.com/feeds/thingISBN.xml.gz.

For more information see the thingISBN category on the Thingology blog.

url: http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2006/06/introducing-thingisbn_14.php

Social Actions API

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:55:40 -0500

Social Actions is an open source database of actions people can take on any issue, from volunteer opportunities to micro credit loans. The Social Actions RESTful API returns data in JSON format and contains up-to-date information about actions from 50+ sources, including Care2, DonorsChoose.org, Idealist and Kiva.

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.