APIfying the Web with import.io (at APIdays mediterranea)

APIfying the WebWith import.io

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there is a lot of data on the web

You can use APIs

You can use APIs

- Need a developer- Limited number of

APIs:-(

You can write a scraper

You can write a scraper

- Need a developer

- Require a lot of time

:-(

Imagine if...

You could turn any website

into an API

Turn any website into an API

Without writing any code In less than 4 min

Imagine if...

Imagine if... the web had structure

this is our web browser for data

extract data by point-and-click

extract data by point-and-click

extract data by point-and-click

extract data by point-and-click

extract data by point-and-click

record actions on a website

record actions on a website

record actions on a website

there is a crawler to get all data

search multiple sources in real time

and everything is available over API

The possibilities are endless

Data Viz

Jewel Loree (http://www.jewelloree.com/) from Tableau, create an API to extract data from a radio (KEXP) playlist

Data Viz

Machine Learning

We help our friends at BigMl to crawl etsy.com, so they could predict shop success

Machine Learning

Make an App

Graham Paterson (http://that-gift.co.uk/) create a mix of APIs to search for the perfect christmas gift

Make an App

APIs and data for everyone

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