The Basic API Request

In this exercise, you will construct an API request to retrieve the average family size and median age for all states in the United States. The data will come from Summary File 1 of the 2010 Decennial Census.

requests has been imported for you.

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Analyzing US Census Data in Python

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Oefeninstructies

Specify appropriate string values for year and dataset to retrieve data for 2010 from Summary File 1 of the Decennial Census
Construct get_vars, the list of Census variables to request, with the following variable names: "NAME", "P013001" (median age), "P037001" (average family size)
Output r.text using the print function

Praktische interactieve oefening

Probeer deze oefening eens door deze voorbeeldcode in te vullen.

# Build base URL
HOST = "https://api.census.gov/data"
year = ____
dataset = ____
base_url = "/".join([HOST, year, dataset])

# Specify Census variables and other predicates
get_vars = ____
predicates = {}
predicates["get"] = ",".join(get_vars)
predicates["for"] = "state:*"

# Execute the request, examine text of response object
r = requests.get(base_url, params=predicates)
print(____)

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